Raising Demons

''Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson''s more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (and brilliant writer) is an eternal, comic joy'' Amy Bloom

''Our new house was waiting for us, eager, expectant, and empty''

Shirley Jackson skewered the trials of domestic life in 1950s America with wr...