num_pages: 304
description: A portrait of gifted author Shirley Jackson reveals her less-public life, including her horrifying descent into madness, and describes her work with the doctor who helped her back to sanity
language: English
title: Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
titlecomplete: Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
genres: Feminism, History, Psychology, Modern Classics, Biography Memoir, Biography, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, Horror
ratings_count: 544
publisher: Ballantine Books