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She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana (Paperback)
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Description
After twenty years of burrowing into the corner of the family couch, eating junk food, and reading science fiction, Indiana mother Delonda Jarvis did something that shocked her family: she went to college. Or, as her younger daughter, Haven Kimmel, writes, she "stood up, brushed away the pork rind crumbs, and escaped by the skin of her teeth."
Despite having no money, no car, and a resentful husband, Delonda managed to obtain a master's degree in English. The former teenage bride also dropped one hundred pounds, learned how to drive, and became a breadwinner. But as she reclaimed herself, her marriage disintegrated.
About the Author
Haven Kimmel is the author of The Used World, She Got Up Off the Couch, Something Rising (Light and Swift), The Solace of Leaving Early, and A Girl Named Zippy. She studied English and creative writing at Ball State University and North Carolina State University and attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Durham, N.C.
Praise for She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana…
Haven Kimmel draws readers in with her easygoing manner and ability to entertain, but surprises with a bittersweet paean to childhood naïveté."
-- Publishers Weekly
"If you took the complete works of E. B. White and put them in a blender with the essays of David Sedaris, you might end up with a delicious concoction close to the hilarious, irrepressible charm that is Haven Kimmel."
-- Alison Smith, author of Name All the Animals
"Kimmel and her prose are as lovable as ever, her humor laugh-out-loud sharp, piercing the heart when you least expect it."
-- Helene Stapinski, author of Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History
"Haven Kimmel's memoir is not only great fun, it's full of real pathos and grace. Can I have this family?"
-- Sean Wilsey, bestselling author of Oh the Glory of It All
