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I Love You, Miss Huddleston, And Other Inappropriate Longings Of My Indiana Childhood (2009)

by Philip Gulley(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0060736593 (ISBN13: 9780060736590)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: A funny memoir about growing up in the midwest in the 1970s. I could relate to many of the midwestern cultural references and also the idea of being an awkward adolescent. The book has many quotable passages. Although the author is a Quaker minister, his relationship with religion is comical, endearing, and comfortable even for the non-religious. My favorite quote from the book: "We would ride from one relative's house to another, sleeping on their fold-out couches. They all looked like Bunny and shared his traits of wild optimism and good humor. Some of the relatives were quite distant--third, fourth, and fifth cousins--but we were always warmly received. We had only to show up on their doorstep, announce our kinship, and we'd be welcomed into their home. One night, south... more of Terre Haute, Indiana, ninety miles from home, Bunny woke me in the middle of the night to tell me he'd just remembered his cousins had moved the year before. 'Then whose house are we sleeping in?' I asked. 'Not exactly sure,' Bunny said, 'But they sure are nice!'" page 159.
review 2: I downloaded this book from my public library based on the cover illustration and title...turned out to be a good decision! Gulley's recollection(often embellished) of growing up in a small Indiana town in the days before every waking hour of a child's life was spent in some structured activity was both familiar and hilarious! Time after time I found myself nodding in recognition or laughing out loud! And his recollection of the Baptist prayer at Thanksgiving...snort-worthy. I'll be seeking out more of Gulley's work. less

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