The book is written from the perspective of kimmel as a young girl, and in it she sheds light on the townspeople of mooreland living there in the 1960s and. In her first two books, haven kimmel claimed her spot on the literary scene surprising readers with her memoir, a girl named zippy, and winning an outpouring of. A girl named zippy ebook by haven kimmel rakuten kobo. The title is taken from the authors nickname zippy which her father gave her to describe her zipping around the house.
Spunky, strongwilled, and too smart for her own good, zippy jarvis brought readers delight and joy. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, kimmel takes readers back to a time when smalltown america was caught. Listen to a girl named zippy audiobook by haven kimmel free. When haven kimmel was born in 1965, mooreland, indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of 300 people.
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She studied english and creative writing at ball state university and north carolina state university and attended seminary at the earlham school of religion. Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, deadon observations, and moments of sheer joy, haven kimmel s straightshooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfull. The vivid descriptions and characterizations bring kimmels childhood to life and read more like a novel than nonfiction. A poignant and hilarious memoir of growing up in smalltown indiana. Nicknamed zippy for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. Buy a cheap copy of a girl named zippy book by haven kimmel. Zippys parents must have done something right to produce a girl who could write such a simple and lovely book.
The author begins the book with a prologue describing the small. If your reading group has decided to treat itself to a mooreland sojourn, youll discover that theres plenty to say about the towns most imaginative little girl even if she. This sequel to a girl named zippy charts the continuing escapades of adolescent zippy in tiny mooreland, ind. Listen to a girl named zippy audiobook by haven kimmel. Haven kimmel is perfect on the details and spins graceful stories that sink in and stay with you for a good long time. A girl named zippy by haven kimmel author haven kimmel narrator. A girl named zippy by haven kimmel is the story of a young girl named zippy because of the way she rushed about the house as a child growing up in the small american town of mooreland during the sixties and seventies. Haven kimmel was born susan elizabeth jarvis betsy in new castle, indiana, and was raised in mooreland, indiana, the focus of her bestselling memoir, a girl named zippy.
Haven kimmel, peter brown illustrator paperback apr 2010. Kimmel earned her undergraduate degree in english and creative writing from ball state university in muncie, indiana and a graduate degree from north carolina state. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a girl named zippy. She shares her picks for books that beat the winterweather blues with nprs. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. A girl named zippy is sly, evocative, gentle, wry and deadon funny. Kimmels voice is comfortable and pleasant, appropriately understated as she assumes different voices. Download or stream a girl named zippy by haven kimmel. Reading guide for a girl named zippy by haven kimmel. The new york times bestselling memoir about growing up in smalltown indiana, from the author of the solace of leaving e.
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