Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
By Judy Oppenheimer.
Description
This biography--the first ever written about her--turns to her works, her family, her firends toanswer the question: Who was Shirly Jackson? *The "queen of macabre:, a dark presence whose chilling short story about ritualized evil in a small New England town has become required reading for just about every schoolchild in America. *An exuberant humorist whose tales of family life in a big old Vermont house filled with four children, a professor-critic husband, one dog and countless cats continue to warm readers' hearts. *A serious apprentice of magic who practiced curses on her ene...
ISBN(s)
0399133569, 9780399133565
