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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 wi...

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Main Author: Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-
Other Authors: Murray, Karen (Narrator), Bauer, Emily (Narrator), McInerney, Kathleen (Actress) (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: [Minneapolis, Minn.] : HighBridge, 2009.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Racially mixed children > Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction.
Intergenerational relations > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Aunts > Fiction.
Diaries > Authorship > Fiction.
Domestic fiction > Sound recordings.
Coming-of-age fiction.
Audiobooks.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Compact discs.
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Physical Description:6 sound discs (ca. 7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Compact discs.
Awards:Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2008.
Production Credits:Producer, Paul Ruben.
ISBN:9781598879230
1598879235

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