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A review by mariafernandagama
Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson
4.0
I can't help but loving everything that Shirley Jackson writes, though I have to admit some of the writings here were a bit repetitive and I suffered through them. Not the short stories, these were all great (even the not-so-great ones), but specifically her chronics about family life, children, etc. I don't think these themes shouldn't have been handled by her, they were a huge part of her life and it makes absolutely sense to me that she'd write about them. But I did get the sense, at some point, that I was reading the same thing over and over.
Anyway, concerning the fictional stories, I had already read "The man in the woods" in the New Yorker and thought it was just fantastic. It's a very strange and interesting plot, filled with symbolism and references to old and eternal things. But "Mrs Spencer and the Oberons" is definitely the story I'm taking away from this and holding close to my heart forever. It just moved me so completely. I'm so grateful to her children for editing this book and making this material available to us! Imagine what we could have lost.
Anyway, concerning the fictional stories, I had already read "The man in the woods" in the New Yorker and thought it was just fantastic. It's a very strange and interesting plot, filled with symbolism and references to old and eternal things. But "Mrs Spencer and the Oberons" is definitely the story I'm taking away from this and holding close to my heart forever. It just moved me so completely. I'm so grateful to her children for editing this book and making this material available to us! Imagine what we could have lost.