I Love You, Miss Huddleston
And Other Inappropriate Longings of My Indiana Childhood
By Philip Gulley
The quintessential American storyteller captures the nostalgia of small town life and recounts his coming-of-age in Danville, Indiana (Pop. 4,000).
Evoking a time when boyhood was less sheltered and walking on the wild side was a rite of passage, I Love You, Miss Huddleston tells the unforgettable journey of Philip Gulley’s awkward adolescence, including his unwavering crush on his sixth grade teacher Miss Huddleston, which led to his fruitless attempts to get held back so he wouldn’t have to move across town to the junior high. Gulley tells the raucous stories of his band of buddies, and the trouble they could get into with such everyday items as a bushel of tomatoes, a few cases of bug spray, and a misplaced mannequin. Humorous, poignant, and nostalgic, this book transports you back to when the biggest worry on your mind was wondering when the ice cream truck would come ringing down the street.
