The girl who fell from the sky a novel
This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beaut...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill, N.C. :
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I. who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. With her strict African American grandmother as her new guardian, Rachel moves to a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring mixed attention her way. Growing up in the 1980s, she learns to swallow her overwhelming grief and confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. In the tradition of Jamaica Kincaid's Annie John and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, here is a portrait of a young girl - and society's ideas of race, class, and beauty. |
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| Physical Description: | 264 pages ; 22 cm |
| Awards: | Pen/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, 2008 |
| ISBN: | 9781565126800 1565126807 9781616200152 1616200154 9781565129627 1565129628 |
