I enjoyed much of this book. I found some new stories I hadn’t come across before. However the Erma Bombeck type essays and articles put me off. I don’t like to think of Shirley Jackson as funny or overly entrenched in everyday life, like the rest of us. It’s just my preference that she remain as the author of The Lottery or The Haunting, etc.
The narration is good and sarcastic enough in the essays and articles.