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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Broadway Catalog: Book Release date: 2002-09-03 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 282 Ean: 9780767915052 Book Isbn: 0767915054  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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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. |
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Written on February 10, 2008 Summary: Poignant and Funny! A Girl Named Zippy is a wonderful and poignant memoir. It's quite obvious that Haven Kimmel came from a family with it's fair share of problems and hardships, but this memoir is not a pity fest but a loving and glowing story of growing up poor in the Midwest. Called Zippy because of her speed in getting around, Haven is a young girl with a wonderfully skewed view of the world. How Kimmel was able to tell this story all through a child's eyes and voice is remarkable. In today's world I have no doubt that she would be labeled ADHD, and probably medicated, but back then she was just a rambunctious child. I am about 10 years older than Kimmel, but so many of her observations reminded me of my own family and growing up relatively poor in the late '50's early '60's. Her story of being told she was adopted (by her older siblings of course) was laugh out loud funny and reminded me of that same cruel story we told my younger brother. Everything in this book rang true and I loved her memories and the fact that there was no finger pointing. She was an obviously loved child and I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book so much that I have already bought the sequel, She Got Up Off the Couch. I can't wait to get to it. Written on February 4, 2008 Summary: Great memoir I became interested in the memoir genre after my renewed love of David Sedaris and having recently read Dark at the Roots. This book was recommended to me by Amazon and it was a great match for my interest. Love Zippy's voice throughout and the boundless energy and imagination confined in a very small town.  Written on January 1, 2008 Summary: unbelievable price The book was in perfect condition (said only "good" but looked like it had never been touched) and came at a price so low I was afraid it was too good to be true. Thanks! Written on December 28, 2007 Summary: A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana This was a gift for my best friend. She said it was a very good book. Written on December 16, 2007 Summary: Zippy brings Zip into a childhood memoir! Great book! Although Zippy's childhood is far from perfect and has dysfunction written all over it, her child's perspective is funny and refreshing. Laugh out loud at small town drama though the eyes of a child. |
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| Release date | 2002-09-03 | 2007-02-13 | 2003-05-13 | 2008-06-03 | 2006-01-09 | 2003-09-22 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover |
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| Number of pages | 282 | 336 | 288 | 352 | 288 | 32 |
| Ean | 9780767915052 | - | 9781400033348 | 9780743247795 | - | 9780618159550 |
| Book Isbn | 0767915054 | - | 1400033349 | 0743247795 | - | 061815955X |
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| Reading level | - | - | - | - | - | Ages 4-8 |
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