Raising Demons

Raising Demons
Author Shirley Jackson
Release number
 2nd in series
Genre Memoir
Publisher

[1]

Publication date
 1957
ISBN 0-14-312729-2
Preceded by Life Among the Savages

Raising Demons is a "domestic memoir"[2] by American author Shirley Jackson.[3] It was first published in 1957, as a follow-up to her first memoir, Life Among the Savages.[4][5] The book was reissued in 2015 by Penguin.[6]

Plot

The book picks up shortly after where Life Among the Savages left off. Jackson decides that their house, located in rural Vermont,[7] is too small to live in with their four children, though her husband argues that they should stay where they are. Their debate over whether to move is helped along by the arrival of a woman who is related to their landlord; she has decided that she would like to move back in to the house, so Jackson and her husband find a well-priced house to move into. The house is divided into four apartments, and several of the tennents refuse to leave, so Jackson and her family spend the summer at a home in a resort town while they wait for the house to be vacated.[8]

Reception

The book received and continues to receive positive reviews from critics. Ruth Franklin, writing for the New York Times, stated that Jackson "had a genuine gift for this mode of writing," concluding that "Jackson’s relaxed approach to child-rearing feels refreshingly sane."[6] A Kirkus review commented that the book is "a very pleasant form of pandemonium and hugely entertaining."[9]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/shirley-jackson/raising-demons.htm
  2. ↑ Jackson, Shirley. "Raising Demons (biography)". Google Books. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Raising Demons". Goodreads. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Kois, Dan. "Savage Love". Slate. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Raising Demons". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 Franklin, Ruth. "Shirley Jackson's 'Life Among the Savages' and 'Raising Demons' Reissued". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Dean, Michelle. "Mother's Day reading: Shirley Jackson's memoirs blend funny and frightening". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Jackson, Shirley (1957). Raising Demons. Penguin Publishers.
  9. ↑ "Raising Demons Kirkus review". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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