num_pages: 337
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.
language: English
title: She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
titlecomplete: She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
genres: Audiobook, Coming Of Age, Biography, Adult, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Family, Memoir, Humor, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 9745
places: Mooreland, Indiana, Indiana
series: Zippy
publisher: Free Press