What a fantastic collection of previously unpublished and uncollected stories from Shirley Jackson! In 2011, Jackson's son Laurence and daughter Sarah visited their Mom's collection at the Library of Congress and spent months assembling and editing the stories included in this book. Many were stories that they remember their Mom writing and discussing with their father when they were still kids. Sadly, Jackson passed away at age 48 in 1965, cutting short what would most likely have been continued success of her prolific writing career. 
 You may recognize Jackson from her most popular stories "The Haunting of Hill House" and "The Lottery". Her stories often incorporate elements of psychological suspense, the supernatural and the fantastic, all under the guise of a seemingly normal person or situation. Her stories are also humorous and reveal an acute understanding of the human psyche. Included with her several novels and countless short stories are two memoirs she wrote about her family, which included her husband (a literary critic) and her four children. 
 "Let Me Tell You" is divided into sections which include her short stories, essays and reviews, humor and family and finally lectures about the craft of writing. I was especially delighted to read her personal essays which find Jackson just as charming and twisted in real life as her fictional stories. This is a woman who wrote a musical for her children to perform (at their request) based on Hansel and Gretel where the witch is the sympathetic character with the children being the monsters that ate her house, even after she begged them to leave. She also kept an Egyptian scarab, crystal ball, tarot cards and skull laying around her house. She cherished and respected the classics and lauded Dr. Suess for introducing children to reading "for the sheer joy of it". I believe you'll find all of these qualities in her writing. 
 If you have not read Jackson before, I would recommend the Library of America edition of Jackson's work to begin with. This includes her most famous writings and numerous and varied short stories. "Let Me Tell You" is a great companion to her other works and a wonderful read!