{"product_id":"i-love-you-miss-huddleston-and-other-inappropriate-longings-of-my-indiana-childhood-paperback","title":"I Love You, Miss Huddleston: And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Gulley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Bill Bryson's \u003cem\u003eThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid\u003c\/em\u003e, with a dash of some of the homegrown nostalgia of \u003cem\u003eThe Dangerous Book for Boys\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Prairie Home Companion\u003c\/em\u003e, humorist Philip Gulley (\u003cem\u003eFront Porch Tales, Home to Harmony\u003c\/em\u003e) tells of his coming of age in small-town Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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 \u003cem\u003eI Love You, Miss Huddleston\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSister 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven 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, \u003cem\u003eI Love You, Miss Huddleston\u003c\/em\u003e captures these dramas and more, revisiting a childhood of unrelieved and happy chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom beginning to end, Gulley recalls the hilarity (and heightened dangers) of those wonder years and the easy charm of midwestern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 7.99 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44795576811622,"sku":"9780061809552","price":25.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/rolU-BpRCM9780061809552.webp?v=1771159924","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/i-love-you-miss-huddleston-and-other-inappropriate-longings-of-my-indiana-childhood-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}