Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

Life Among the Savages

Jacksons #1

Shirley Jackson with Kate Handford (Narrator)

7 hours, 6 minutes first pub 1953 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir funny reflective medium-paced
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Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children. As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In Life Among th...

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Moods

funny 92%
lighthearted 76%
reflective 35%
relaxing 18%
emotional 9%
inspiring 9%
hopeful 7%
adventurous 4%
informative 2%
challenging 1%
mysterious 1%
sad 1%
tense 1%

Pace

medium 55%
fast 28%
slow 15%

Average rating

3.97

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