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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana | 
 enlarge | Author: Haven Kimmel
Publisher: Doubleday
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  202 reviews
Sales Rank: 607712
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0385499825
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.264
EAN: 9780385499828
ASIN: 0385499825
Publication Date: March 20, 2001
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Condition: FEW BENT CORNERS Used - Good Default Text
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Product Description
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965 in 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.
To three-year-old Zippy, it made perfect sense to strike a bargain with her father to keep her baby bottle--never mind that when she did, it was the first time she'd ever spoken. In her nonplussed family, Zippy has the perfect supporting cast: her beautiful yet dour brother, Danny, a seeker of the true faith; her sweetly sensible sister, Lindy, who wins the local beauty pageant; her mother, Delonda, who dispenses wisdom from the corner of the couch; and her father, Bob Jarvis, who never met a bet he didn't like.
Whether describing a serious case of chicken love, another episode with the evil Edythe across the street, or the night Zippy's dad borrowed thirty-six coon dogs and a raccoon to prove to the complaining neighbors just how quiet his two dogs were, Kimmel treats readers to a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and shy as she navigates the quirky adult world surrounding Zippy.
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 Boring January 1, 2009
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.
 A Great Buy December 21, 2008
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.
Most Cleverly Written September 21, 2008
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.
 Sweet, funny, uplifting September 18, 2008
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...
Deserted-Island Read August 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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