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Bezig met laden... She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana (2005)door Haven Kimmel
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was another excellent book by Kimmel, enchanting me with small towns all over again, and reminding me why life is good. ( ) I genuinely enjoyed this book. It chronicles "a turbulent time in our history" (e.g. it was set in the 1960s/1970s) and captures how working-class people dealt with the Civil Rights Era, "women's lib" and any number of things that are glossy and distant. Kimmel definitely doesn't do distant or glossy; you can see the fleas and sweat and sheer work and joy of Mooreland, Indiana. My blog post about this book is at this link. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Biography & Autobiography.
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HTML: Picking up where A Girl Named Zippy left off, Haven Kimmel crafts a tender portrait of her mother, a modestly heroic woman who took the odds that life gave her and somehow managed to win. When we last saw Zippy, she was oblivious to the storm that was brewing in her home. Her mother, Delonda, had literally just gotten up off the couch and ridden her rickety bicycle down the road. Her dad was off somewhere, gambling or "working." And Zippy was lost in her own fabulous world of exploring the fringes of Moorland, Indiana. Increasingly frustrated with the limitations of her small-town, married-with-children life, Delonda decides first to learn how to drive a car, even though she wonâ??t have access to one. Next, she applies to the local college, eventually graduating with honors at age 40. We happily follow Zippy from one story to another, but we know this is really her motherâ??s book: the poignant tale of a strong woman who found a way to save herself and set a proud example for her daughter Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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