A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY: Haven Kimmel: Broadway: 2002: Biography: 282A Girl Named Zippy is a delightful collection of vignettes that detail Haven Kimmell's quirky, but always delightful, childhood in small town Indiana. Her childlike prose transports us back to a time when we were kids, and everything just reeked of honesty. This book touches on issues of religion, marriage and familial relationships, life in small towns, and the coming of age of one unusual small town girl.
This book was truly enjoyable to read. It was simple and lighthearted without being glib or overly sentimental. I especially enjoyed the chapter about the arts and crafts craze hitting Kimmel's small town . Just like my Grandma's house (who lived in a similar town in a similar time) everything quickly became crocheted, macramed, or otherwise contact papered from top to bottom. Awesome.
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One of my favorite books! There are some somewhat dark issues in the book, but Kimmel skims over them in such a humorous way that the whole thing comes off as one enormous laugh.
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