She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana

By: Haven Kimmel

Published February 1st 2007 by Free Press (first published December 1st 2005)

Category: Biography

Pages: 313 pages

ISBN: 9780743285001

Description:
In this sequel to the top-selling A Girl Named Zippy, the woman rising heroically from the couch is Zippy's mother, Delonda. After years of languorous existence, this oversized couch potato emerged from the den to pursue a higher education. Delonda was well read but in other ways seemed ill suited for college: This middle-aged, 260-pound coed had a husband who disapproved of the entire venture, no driver's license, and almost no money. Like its predecessor, She Got Up Off the Couch holds our attention with its sympathetic rendering of idiosyncratic family characters. Hilarious; heartbreaking; ultimately empowering.