She Got Up Off the Couch
She Got Up Off the Couch turned out to be a fine book, and I’m looking forward to reading the other memoir by the author, Haven Kimmel. This book caught my attention because of the title; I wonder if my children will write a book about me with a title like that someday?
The author’s mother did indeed get up off the couch, and went to college after raising three children, against the passive resistance of her husband. There’s something I find very intriguing about adult events reported through the perspective of a child. In this case, it’s even more of a sideways look than in To Kill a Mockingbird. Sometimes I am a little dense when it comes to realizing what it is that I’m reading, so it took a little bit to realize what a good story was going on just beyond the awareness of the young girl telling the tale.
I highly recommend this book, and would be interested to hear what other people think of it. I’m looking forward to reading the first book by the author, A Girl Named Zippy.