The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
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Orphaned and alone, Rachel is taken under the wing of her strict African-American grandmother and moved to a mostly black community where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and astonishing beauty start to attract a troubling level of attention. As the terrible secrets begin to emerge, Rachel learns to swallow her grief and construct her own self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White.
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Unabridged
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04/01/2019
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English
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9781510025837
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Heidi W. Durrow. (2019). The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Unabridged W F Howes.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Heidi W. Durrow. 2019. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. W F Howes.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Heidi W. Durrow, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. W F Howes, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Heidi W. Durrow. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Unabridged W F Howes, 2019.
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October 19, 2009
Durrow's debut draws from her own upbringing as the brown-skinned, blue-eyed daughter of a Danish woman and a black G.I. to create Rachel Morse, a young girl with an identical heritage growing up in the early 1980s. After a devastating family tragedy in Chicago with Rachel the only survivor, she goes to live with the paternal grandmother she's never met, in a decidedly black neighborhood in Portland, Ore. Suddenly, at 11, Rachel is in a world that demands her to be either white or black. As she struggles with her grief and the haunting, yet-to-be-revealed truth of the tragedy, her appearance and intelligence place her under constant scrutiny. Laronne, Rachel's deceased mother's employer, and Brick, a young boy who witnessed the tragedy and because of his personal misfortunes is drawn into Rachel's world, help piece together the puzzle of Rachel's family. Taut prose, a controversial conclusion and the thoughtful reflection on racism and racial identity resonate without treading into political or even overtly specific agenda waters, as the story succeeds as both a modern coming-of-age and relevant social commentary.
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