Haven Kimmel 
Read by Haven Kimmel

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 Mooreland, 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 won’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 mother’s book—the poignant tale of a strong woman who found a way to save herself and set a proud example for her daughter. 

PRAISE FOR THE AUDIO EDITION:

"The candid, self-deprecating humor that suffuses the anecdotes is even more striking when conveyed through Kimmel's sweet but sly voice. Even when she recalls suffering through some fancy occasion that requires her to wear shoes or being in agony after badly breaking an arm, Kimmel manages to make the situation hilarious, and the effect is even stronger in the audiobook than on the page."
      —Publishers Weekly

"Only Kimmel could have added so much personal nuance into the reading of this sequel to A Girl Named Zippy. . . . Listeners will love hearing the author read. . . ."
      —Booklist

". . . read by the author, and any other reading is unimaginable."
      —Diane Kristine, Blogcritics.com

"A seasoned actress could not have given a better voice performance than Kimmel whose timing is on target and interpretation of other character's voices always entertaining."
      —Gail Cooke, Amazon Top 100 Reviewer

"Kimmel's voice brings the listener right to the city limits of Mooreland and back to a time where life was, in some ways, much simpler."
      —The Heard Word
 

Audiobook   Unabridged; 9 hours on 8 CDs
1-59887-011-4 (CD) She Got Up Off the Couch by Haven Kimmel

Haven Kimmel is also the author of Something Rising (Light and Swift), The Solace of Leaving Early, and the award-winning children’s book Orville: A Dog Story. 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 loves shooting pool and was once accused in Sunday school of loving animals more than God. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.