false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255650055m/5303293.jpg 5303293 2 <p> With his ear for the small town and his knack for finding the needle of humor in life's haystack, Philip Gulley might well be Indiana's answer to Missouri's Mark Twain. In <i>I Love You, Miss Huddleston</i> we are transported to 1970's Danville, Indiana, the everyone-knows-your-business town where Gulley still lives today, to witness the uproarious story of Gulley's young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth-grade teacher, his dalliance with sin—eating meat on Friday and inappropriate activities with a mannequin named Ginger—and his checkered start with organized religion. </p> <blockquote> <p> Sister Mary John had shown us a flannelgraph of the apostles receiving the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. They looked quite happy, except that their hair was on fire. . . . I was suspicious of a religion whose highpoint was the igniting of one's head, and my enthusiasm for church, which had never been great, began to fade. </p> </blockquote> <p> Even as Kennedy was facing down Khrushchev, Danny Millardo and his band of youthful thugs conducted a reign of terror still unmatched in the annals of Indiana history. With Gulley's sharp wit and keen observation, <i>I Love You, Miss Huddleston</i> captures these dramas and more, revisiting a childhood of unrelieved and happy chaos. </p> <p> From beginning to end, Gulley recalls the hilarity (and heightened dangers) of those wonder years and the easy charm of midwestern life. </p> 5370733 1 4 2009 I Love You, Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood total:93|5:5|4:6|3:4|2:4|1:0| 93 327 161 41 4 1 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 19:14:42 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 06:11:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:45:55 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 17:01:05 -0700 2009
"What I didn't change was the sense of freedom I felt as a child. I don't know what today's children will remember. I suspect thei...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:50:44 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 07:59:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:39:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 14:04:28 -0700 2009
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I laughed out loud in several spots, and I imagine some of his antics were similar to some of those experienced by my husband...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:37:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 14:52:48 -0700 2009 If you need a belly laugh or if you were a child in the sixties, or grew up in Indiana or the midwest at any age, you will love this book.

Men will identify with this man's exploits and women will learn that their sons and husbands are regular guys who haven't changed too awful much...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 26 07:35:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:43:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 12:46:44 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 12:48:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:03:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 11:04:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 10:37:11 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 10:41:00 -0700 2009 I was laughing outloud- sweetly heartwarming without being overtly religious. Great afternoon read!!!!!
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