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Loading... A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana (Today Show Book Club #3) (original 2001; edition 2002)by Haven Kimmel
Work InformationA Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel (2001)
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Named "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around her home, Kimmel's witty memoir takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent post-war period, where people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)977.264History and Geography North America Midwestern U.S. Indiana East central counties HenryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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This story made me laugh. Hard. I bought the tape for my sister and book copy for a friend. If the way life in this story is depicted isn't funny to some, maybe that's the point. Personally I keep it handy for the humorless landscape of winter and drudgery of office life in the big city. It's help enough to know that somewhere, out there in the Midwest perhaps, people are just getting by, too. Without all our veneer. Not because life is perfect, but what isn't perfect about life forces the characters in this story to consider what aspects of civility really matter. On a daily and hilarious basis. Let's recall, life begins in a rather undignified, messy manner, and it doesn't move far from that perch no matter the gloss we try to apply. The only gloss in this story is a healthy application of perspective and the steady relief of humor. And with her technique, Kimmel's story shines. ( )