The release date for the English version of 'A Girl Named Zippy' by
Haven Kimmel is Sep 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Mooreland, Indiana, was a tranquil little village of three hundred inhabitants when Haven Kimmel was born in 1965. This little girl, who went by "Zippy" because of her wild antics around the home, had enormous ears and eyes. In this clever and tender memoir, Kimmel transports readers to a bygone era in small-town America when people assisted their neighbors, attended church on Sundays, and maintained barnyard animals in their backyards. Small-town America was locked in the amber of the carefree postwar period.
A heroine who is delightfully kind and sly as she navigates the odd grownup world that surrounds Zippy is given to us by Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrayal of her upbringing, which is laced with great narrative, keen humor, dead-on insights, and moments of pure pleasure.