A Girl Named Zippy

Name: A Girl Named Zippy
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.04 (27 reviews)
Author: Haven Kimmel
ISBN: 9781598875089

Author: Haven Kimmel

Narrator: Haven Kimmel

Unabridged: 6 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 10/06/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Memoirs

Synopsis

This Today Show book club selection is now available on audio.

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 her.

Kimmel takes listeners 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.

About Haven Kimmel

Haven Kimmel is the #1 New York Times bestselling author
of A Girl Named Zippy, She Got Up Off the Couch, and Something Rising (Light and Swift). She
studied English and creative writing at Ball State University and North
Carolina State University and attended seminary at the Earlham School of
Religion. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Patricia on 2010-02-04 08:01:26

Just finished reading this adorable book. So funny at times you snicker out loud. Small town America. Great read.

Goodreads review by Barbara

Space here is limited, so to see the review with more pictures go to my blog: [URL not allowed] 4.5 stars This memoir by Haven Kimmel - who was nicknamed 'Zippy' by her dad - contains wonderful stories about the author's childhood in Mooreland, Indiana. Haven was born in 1965, wh......more

Goodreads review by Heather

This is one of the most enjoyable books I've ever come across. I tore through it, often laughing OUT LOUD in inopportune public places (you know, when you are reading something funny and you kind of guffaw and then catch yourself, stifle the laugh, and look around to see if anyone is watching?). It's......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽

This is a memoir of childhood days, growing up in the 1960s and 70s in the small town of Mooreland, Indiana (pop. 300). Lots of quirky or downright eccentric characters populate the town and the pages of this book. There's no real plot here; it's pretty much a collection of small town stories and an......more