Life Among the Savages
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Life Among the Savages
Before Erma Bombeck, there was Shirley Jackson. The author of the chilling tale
The Lottery
and the horror novel
The Haunting of Hill House
also wrote numerous pieces for women`s magazines about family life and child-rearing which, half a century later, still ring hilariously, wickedly true.
Life Among the Savages
is the second of two books that details life in the Jackson-Hyman household in post-World War II Bennington, Vermont.
Biography & Autobiography
The Flame Trees of Thika
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The Flame Trees of Thika
When her family set off to extend Britain`s colonial settlements in Kenya to Thika, the author of this memoir was just a child, riding along in their cart. Her book recollects life growing up on her family`s struggling farm, adventures in the jungle, and encounters with her family`s Masai and Kikuyu neighbors.
Biography & Autobiography