The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
by Heidi W. Durrow
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agesocial commentaryhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA realistic novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
After a family tragedy orphans her, Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., moves into her grandmother's mostly black community in the 1980s, where she must swallow her grief and confront her identity as a biracial woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white.
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- Author
- Heidi W. Durrow
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 264
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- Open Library
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