A girl named Zippy

Description:

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 she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Girls,  City and town life,  Biography & Autobiography,  Personal narratives,  Childhood and youth,  Biography,  Nonfiction,  Kimmel, Haven, -- 1965- -- Childhood and youth,  Girls -- Indiana -- Mooreland -- Biography,  City and town life -- Indiana -- Mooreland,  Mooreland (Ind.) -- Biography,  Mooreland (Ind.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century,  American Authors,  Manners and customs,  nyt:family=2014-12-07,  New York Times bestseller,  Indiana, social life and customs,  Indiana, biography,  Girls, biography

People: Haven Kimmel (1965-)

Places: Mooreland (Ind.),  Mooreland,  Indiana

Times: 20th century