She Got up off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
by:
Haven Kimmel (author)
Format: library binding
ISBN:
9781439562482 (1439562482)
Publish date: October 10th 2008
Publisher: Baker & Taylor, CATS
Pages no: 313
Edition language: English
Series: Zippy (#2)
Well... maybe it's because I didn't read the first one (A Girl Named Zippy). Or maybe that wouldn't have mattered, I don't know, but either way I just wasn't too into this one. It was fine. Cute anecdotes about childhood, but nothing particularly outstanding or noteworthy... just, fine.
This memoir was hard to read, but only because it was accurate. (If that makes sense? You're talking to the girl who will turn the channel when people on TV shows start doing things that are self-sabotaging because it makes her uncomfortable, so take that with a grain of sugar, I guess.) It was a...
Further tales from Moorland, Indiana. Audio read by the author.
I didn't like A Girl Named Zippy, but my friend suzyfran recommended it as better, and it was. If you were a child in the 70s, you will relate.
We listened to this in the car. Kimmel has a deft touch with language, and a deadpan delivery that can be hilarious. A nicely crafted memoir, and one read by the author to good effect. A lot of fun. I'm going to look up the book which came before this, too.
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