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It was in these lavish and uneasy homes that Jackson searched for the source of her ambivalence toward homemaking.

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She had found that domestic life could be complicated both by material possessions and the lack of them.

There is danger, too, in the conventional ideals that promise domestic bliss.

Their relationship only worsened over time.

In response to a glowing review of the bestellingCastle, Jacksons mother fixated on the portrait that accompanied it.

Jackson withdrew into her home that fall and did not emerge until the following year.