Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, (Paperback)

from LyndaInOregon

This detailed biography of the author of “The Lottery”, “The Haunting of Hill House”, and other classics of horror and suspense reveals a woman who struggled throughout her life to gain the approval of those she loved, and to function within the strictures imposed on American women in the mid 20t...

from lisapeet

Finally finished this, after a couple of library holds expired while I was in the middle. It was good but not gripping—she was an interesting character, and I'm always game for reading about that mid-century literary milieu, because I think of it as my parents' (at least in terms of cultural infl...

from Schmerguls

5544. Shirley Jackson A Rather Haunted Life, by Ruth Franklin (read 21 Mar 2018) (National Book Critics Circle biography award for 2016) I have only read three of Shirley Jackson's books--Hangsaman, read 31 Aug 1952,, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, read 5 Jan 1963, and The Haunting of Hill H...

from flourgirl49

I've loved Shirley Jackson since I read "The Lottery" in high school - and I particularly enjoyed her two memoirs about raising her four kids. This book is a very comprehensive biography making use of archival material that has not been available before. I think it's time I dusted off all of my S...

from japaul22

I picked up this biography on a whim at my library and it has reinspired my interest in Shirley Jackson. This is a solid biography of Jackson. It spans her whole life and focuses on her troubled relationships with her mother and her philandering husband. The first third of the book focused a bit ...