Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson

Life Among the Savages

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Shirley Jackson

nonfiction memoir funny reflective medium-paced

256 pages | first published 1953

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Shirley Jackson, author of the classic short story The Lottery, was known for her terse, haunting prose. But the writer possessed another side, one which is delightfully exposed in this hilariously charming memoir of her family's life in rural Ver...
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Moods

funny 90%
lighthearted 75%
reflective 33%
relaxing 17%
emotional 10%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 2%
tense 2%
adventurous 1%
challenging 1%
informative 1%
sad 1%

Pace

medium 54%
fast 29%
slow 15%

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