A #1 New York Times bestseller and Today Show Book Club pick

Haven Kimmel 
Read by Haven Kimmel 

In this warm and witty memoir, Haven Kimmel takes us back to a small-town America where people helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards. 

When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of 300 people. Nicknamed “Zippy” for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. She lived in a world filled with a loving family, peculiar neighbors, and multitudes of animals, and she remembered everything: sick birds, a new bike, the mean old lady down the street, the loud old man at the drugstore. 

Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Kimmel’s straight-shooting memoir gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly. 

PRAISE FOR THE AUDIO EDITION:

"The first five minutes of this endearing memoir will capture any listener as Kimmel’s gently wry voice shares anecdotes from her childhood in a small town. . . . Kimmel’s voice is comfortable and pleasant, appropriately understated as she assumes different voices; it’s like the listener is hearing stories told by an old friend. Prepare to laugh aloud at the author’s dry wit, as well as her vivid accounts of small town happenings that may seem all too familiar. Haven Kimmel’s skill with words shines even more brightly when she reads those words herself.""
      —AudioFile

"Kimmel's delightful story is funny, warm-hearted, and involving: especially in this audio version, narrated by the author herself."
      —Midwest Book Review

"I feel like I'm sitting on the front porch with Haven Kimmel on a lazy summer afternoon while she regales me with tales of her youthful misadventure in the small town of Mooreland, Indiana . . . . Her voice truly brings this story to life."
      —The Heard Word

"Kimmel has been described as E.B. White meets David Sedaris. Her talent for plumbing the ordinary and making it extraordinary (if not foreboding) turns her childhood into a magical time. She is able to recapture the voice of the child she was three decades ago and at the same time imbue it with a gentle sophistication. It is a pleasure to listen to Kimmel read her memoir."
      —Detroit Free Press