The girl who fell from the sky
A timely and moving bicultural coming-of-age tale, based on a true story and told by an author who has struggled with the same issues as her protagonist.
The daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I., Rachel survives a family tragedy only to face new challenges. Sent to live with her strict African-American grandmother in a racially divided Northwest city, she must suppress her grief and reinvent herself in a mostly black community. A beauty with light brown skin and blue eyes, she attracts much attention in her new home. The world wants to see her as either black or white, but that’s not how she sees herself.
Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds, revealing the terrible truth about Rachel’s last morning on a Chicago rooftop. Interwoven with her voice are those of Jamie, a neighborhood boy who witnessed the events, and Laronne, a friend of Rachel’s mother. Inspired by a true story of a mother’s twisted love, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky reveals an unfathomable past and explores issues of identity at a time when many people are asking “Must race confine us and define us?”
Narrated by an ensemble, with Emily Bauer (Rachel), Kathleen McInerney (Nella), and Karen Murray (Jamie, LaRone, Brick, Roger).
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9781616200374
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Grouping Information
Grouped Work ID | 03b80a26-9eb5-e4ba-357e-68a66ec36de1 |
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Grouping Title | girl who fell from the sky |
Grouping Author | heidi w durrow |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2022-08-11 04:40:43AM |
Last Indexed | 2022-08-11 05:08:12AM |
Solr Fields
McInerney, Kathleen (Actress)
Murray, Karen
Bauer, Emily
McInerney, Kathleen(Actress)
Murray, Karen
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This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy.
With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring mixed attention her way. Growing up in the 1980s, she learns to swallow her overwhelming grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.
In the tradition of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, here is a portrait of a young girl— and society's ideas of race, class, and beauty. It is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.
eBook
eBook
9781598879377
9781616200374
2011
HighBridge
Electronic books
FICTION -- General
FICTION / African American / General
FICTION / Coming of Age
FICTION / Literary
Fiction
Identity (Psychology)
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
Intergenerational relations
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
Racially mixed children
Racially mixed children -- Fiction
The girl who fell from the sky / a novel by Heidi W. Durrow
The girl who fell from the sky : a novel [electronic resource] / Heidi W. Durrow
FICTION / African American / General
FICTION / Coming of Age
FICTION / Literary
Fiction
General
Identity (Psychology)
Intergenerational relations
Literature
Racially mixed children
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