She Got Up Off the Couch (CD-Audio)

from drbubbles

A little more gloomy than the earlier Girl Named Zippy.

from satyridae

We listened to this in the car. Kimmel has a deft touch with language, and a deadpan delivery that can be hilarious. A nicely crafted memoir, and one read by the author to good effect. A lot of fun. I'm going to look up the book which came before this, too.

from tamora

Told as a child would tell it. Quite a remarkable job of showing how she originally experienced what was happening to the members of her family.

from jennyo

This is the sequel to Kimmel's previous memoir, A Girl Named Zippy. Like Zippy, this book is full of humor even though Kimmel's life wasn't exactly a walk in the park. They were dirt poor, her father was sort of a rambler and gambler, her mother wasn't motivated to do much of anything but sit on ...

from donkeytiara

Not quite as entertaining as her first book, but still a nice casual read. My favorite quote: "my hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone."