The girl who fell from the sky
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Author:
Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-
Published:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.
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1st ed.
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264 pages ; 22 cm
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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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Subjects
LC Subjects
Grandparent and child -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
Racially mixed children -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
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Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)
Intergenerational relations.
Racially mixed children.
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Realistic.
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Bildungsromans.
Coming of age -- Fiction.
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Grandmothers -- Fiction.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
1565126807, 9781565126800, 9781565129627, 1565129628, 9781616200152, 1616200154
UPC:
9781565126800, 99937621522, 99936858143

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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.
Awards
Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2008.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Durrow, H. W. (2010). The girl who fell from the sky. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-. 2010. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Durrow, Heidi W., 1969-, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.

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Durrow, Heidi W. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. Chapel Hill, N.C., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.

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