Girl Named Zippy Growing up Small in Mooreland, Indiana

Name: Girl Named Zippy Growing up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
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ISBN: 9780767915052

ISBN-10: 0767915054

ISBN-13: 9780767915052

Edition: 2001

Authors: Haven Kimmel

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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…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/3/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Haven Kimmel studied English & creative writing at Ball State University & North Carolina State University & attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.



Prologue


Baby Book


Hair


The Lion


Qualities of Light, or Disasters Involving Animals


Julie Hit Me Three Times


Daniel


There She Is


Blood of the Lamb


Unexpected Injuries


The Kindness of Strangers


Favors for Friends


Haunted Houses


Professionals


Chance


A Short List of Things My Father Lost Gambling


The World of Ideas


Location


Diner


Slumber Party


ESP


Interior Design


Cemetery


Drift Away


Reading List


Arisen


The Social Gospel


The Letter


A Guide for Reading Groups