The girl who fell from the sky / a novel by Heidi W. Durrow.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565126807
- ISBN: 9781565126800
- ISBN: 9781565129627
- ISBN: 1565129628
- Physical Description: 264 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010.
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- Awards Note:
- Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2008.
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- 25 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F DURROW (Text) | 39493106763818 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC DUR (Text) | 31111002443735 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Boonville Community Public Library | F DURROW (Text) | 30005100210601 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canton Library | F (Text) | 33115006700527 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F DURROW (Text) | 22281500066125 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | F DURROW (Text) | 31781062863392 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| East Asheville Library | F DUR (Text) | 0020508507132 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F DUR (Text) | 34621200172677 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Durrow (Text) | 33115007056286 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | DUR (Text) | 33258004894569 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
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.
