Life Among The Savages- Shirley Jackson

Aimée recommends:

‘Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children.’

A caustically funny account of author Shirley Jackson’s move to a ramshackle house in rural Vermont with her children, their misbehaving imaginary friends and an utterly oblivious husband. The ever-encroaching domestic chaos is chronicled with a warmth and wit that somehow also refuses to idealised motherhood.

Perfect for fans of: David Sedaris, Mother Pukka, Nora Ephron