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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow
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Description for The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Paperback. A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of Rachel's struggle as an astonishingly beautiful mixed-race child in a mostly black community. As terrible secrets begin to emerge, Rachel learns to swallow her grief and construct her self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 122 x 24. Weight in Grams: 316.
A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of this atmospheric story of a mixed-race girl’s struggle for identity.
Orphaned and alone, young 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.
Inspired by the true ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851687459
SKU
V9781851687459
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About Heidi W. Durrow
Heidi Durrow’s writing has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The Literary Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Callaloo, Poem/Memoir/Story, Yale Journal of Law and Feminism, Essence magazine, and Newsday. She received writer Barbara Kingsolver’s 2008 Bellwether Prize for Literature of Social Change for this, her first novel.
Reviews for The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is that rare thing: a post-postmodern novel with heart that weaves a circle of stories about race and self-discovery into a tense and sometimes terrifying whole.”
Ms. Magazine
"There's a poetry to these characters that draws you into their lives, making for a beautiful and earnest coming-of-age novel that speaks as ... Read more
Ms. Magazine
"There's a poetry to these characters that draws you into their lives, making for a beautiful and earnest coming-of-age novel that speaks as ... Read more