The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
by Heidi W. Durrow
Chapel Hill, 2011. 1st Paperback Printing. Near Fine.
Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. This searing and heart-wrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society’s ideas of race and class is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.
