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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
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I'm done with the small amount I read of this book (25 pgs).
I stopped when Zippy and her friend took home a little piglet to nurse. When said piglet died, friend swung poor little piglet over fence to feed vicious dog.
And all the author commented on was what a perfect arc the little dead body made before it cleared the fence.
This is not something I read for my enjoyment time. Shame on the author for writing this tripe.
I stopped when Zippy and her friend took home a little piglet to nurse. When said piglet died, friend swung poor little piglet over fence to feed vicious dog.
And all the author commented on was what a perfect arc the little dead body made before it cleared the fence.
This is not something I read for my enjoyment time. Shame on the author for writing this tripe.
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December 13, 2011
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December 13, 2011
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December 13, 2011
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December 13, 2011
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5.09%
"Mind, I wasn't planning on reading this next. Its just that this book was on the top of one of my book piles and I was getting tired of looking at the baby picture on the cover. We'll see how it goes!"
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December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
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Dec 14, 2011 10:57AM
Sounds dreadful.
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Thank you for the warning. I will not being reading this book. I can't stand it when animals' lives are treated as meaningless and their deaths treated as something comical to laugh about.
This is the exact point when also gave up on the book.
Thank you for your warning. I won't read "amusing" animal cruelty. I spent the last 30 years rescuing chained dogs (in the middle of the night). Look at the number of reviewers who loved the book, which means they weren't appalled at the cruelty. Just like all the people who aren't appalled at Trump.
I agree with animal cruelty not being ok but you have to remember this is an account of small-town life in the '60...imagine how boring a book would be if you had to put disclaimers with every bit that now seems outdated/outrageous.
Grow up. Real life is messy sometimes. She was honest about the innocence of her youth. See that word youth. You people are ridiculous. There was no cruelty the animal, yes animal, was dead.
I stopped reading at the same page. Couldn't read further.
I heard once that only 20% of Americans understand irony.
Robin Brown wrote: "I heard once that only 20% of Americans understand irony."Perhaps
