The Girl Who Fell from the Sky - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616200152ISBN-10:1616200154UPC:9781616200152Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Coming of AgeSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SC3KE048QF
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop.
Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring a constant stream of attention her way. It's there, as she grows up and tries to swallow her grief, that she comes to understand how the mystery and tragedy of her mother might be connected to her own uncertain identity. This searing and heartwrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society's ideas of race and class is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Algonquin BooksISBN-13:9781616200152ISBN-10:1616200154UPC:9781616200152Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, Coming of AgeSize:8.10 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.55Product ID:SC3KE048QF
Durrow, Heidi W.: - A graduate of Stanford University, Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and Yale Law School, Heidi W. Durrow has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the American Scandinavian Foundation, and the Lois Roth Endowment and a Fellowship for Emerging Writers from the Jerome Foundation. Her writing has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, the Literary Review, and others.Durrow, Heidi W.: - A graduate of Stanford University, Columbia University s Graduate School of Journalism, and Yale Law School, Heidi W. Durrow has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the American Scandinavian Foundation, and the Lois Roth Endowment and a Fellowship for Emerging Writers from the Jerome Foundation. Her writing has been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, the Literary Review, and others.
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