A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 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… Product details and pricing info |
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202 Customer Reviews Posted
- Boring
- I can't believe all the good reviews for this book. It is a boring book. There is no substance to the book and it is poorly written. The author just rambles on about nothing.
- 2009-01-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- A Great Buy
- This is a laugh out loud book. Told from a childs perspective. If you can remember back that far, you will LOVE this book. Beautifully written.
- 2008-12-21, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Most Cleverly Written
- How does Kimmel do it? She grips the reader into a tale (based on her very skewed childhood memory) and then she throws the reader a curve ball. Sometimes, it's the very last sentence of a memory or the last word. It is that insightful nugget of information that allows the reader to know so much more about the situation than the child-storyteller does.
I laughed out loud through so much of this book, and when I was done, I wanted more, so I picked up She Got Up Off the Couch. It's a book you will want to share. - 2008-09-21, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Sweet, funny, uplifting
- This was the first book in the memoir genre that I have read, and I really enjoyed it. Zippy is told from the author's childhood voice, is full of humor, and takes you back to when you were a kid having the same thoughts. I'm amazed that someone could remember so much about their childhood and tell the story in such a fun way. It's a quick, easy read and will leave you feeling uplifted! I also recommend it's sequel - She Got Up Off The Couch...
- 2008-09-18, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Deserted-Island Read
- ZIPPY makes the short list of books I would take on a deserted island; it makes my heart sing. It makes me want to write.
- 2008-08-20, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
