A Girl Named Zippy - Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in small-town Indiana, from the author of The Solace of Leaving Early.
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy."
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar period people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy."
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
" Almost dreamlike in some of [her] elusive storytelling, [Kimmel] pulls off a feat that' s harder than it looks: write for adults from a child' s perspective . . . Zippy's parents must have done something right to produce a girl who could write such a simple and lovely book."
- "USA Today
"
" "A Girl Named Zippy" seems to be about the cleverest . . . memoir ever. [Kimmel is] a born storyteller . . . I imagine everyone in the world would be grateful for Kimmel' s book."
- "Orlando Sentinel
"" Very engaging, funny . . . it could be a cheerier version of the Leechfield, Texas, Mary Karr chronicled in "The Liar' s Club," if drunks never got ugly and if fathers never took a belt to their kids."
- "Hartford Courant"
"
"" Delightfully wry (and sometimes laugh-out-loud-funny)."
- "Indianapolis Star
"
"Almost dreamlike in some of [her] elusive storytelling, [Kimmel] pulls off a feat that s harder than it looks: write for adults from a child s perspective . . . Zippy's parents must have done something right to produce a girl who could write such a simple and lovely book."
USA Today
"A Girl Named Zippy seems to be about the cleverest . . . memoir ever. [Kimmel is] a born storyteller . . . I imagine everyone in the world would be grateful for Kimmel s book."
Orlando Sentinel
"Very engaging, funny . . . it could be a cheerier version of the Leechfield, Texas, Mary Karr chronicled in The Liar s Club, if drunks never got ugly and if fathers never took a belt to their kids."
Hartford Courant
"Delightfully wry (and sometimes laugh-out-loud-funny)."
Indianapolis Star
"
From the Publisher:
- "USA Today
"
" "A Girl Named Zippy" seems to be about the cleverest . . . memoir ever. [Kimmel is] a born storyteller . . . I imagine everyone in the world would be grateful for Kimmel' s book."
- "Orlando Sentinel
"" Very engaging, funny . . . it could be a cheerier version of the Leechfield, Texas, Mary Karr chronicled in "The Liar' s Club," if drunks never got ugly and if fathers never took a belt to their kids."
- "Hartford Courant"
"
"" Delightfully wry (and sometimes laugh-out-loud-funny)."
- "Indianapolis Star
"
"Almost dreamlike in some of [her] elusive storytelling, [Kimmel] pulls off a feat that s harder than it looks: write for adults from a child s perspective . . . Zippy's parents must have done something right to produce a girl who could write such a simple and lovely book."
USA Today
"A Girl Named Zippy seems to be about the cleverest . . . memoir ever. [Kimmel is] a born storyteller . . . I imagine everyone in the world would be grateful for Kimmel s book."
Orlando Sentinel
"Very engaging, funny . . . it could be a cheerier version of the Leechfield, Texas, Mary Karr chronicled in The Liar s Club, if drunks never got ugly and if fathers never took a belt to their kids."
Hartford Courant
"Delightfully wry (and sometimes laugh-out-loud-funny)."
Indianapolis Star
"
A witty, charming memoir of a child growing up in a small Indiana town.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherISIS Large Print Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0753198126
- ISBN 13 9780753198124
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
A Girl Named Zippy
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.17. Seller Inventory # G0753198126I3N10
Buy Used
£ 32.82
Convert currency
Stock Image
A Girl Named Zippy
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.17. Seller Inventory # G0753198126I5N10
Buy Used
£ 32.82
Convert currency