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. Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds, revealing the terrible truth ...
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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 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. Meanwhile, a mystery unfolds, revealing the terrible truth about Rachel's last morning on a Chicago rooftop. Interwoven with her voice are those of Jamie, a neighbourhood boy who witnessed the events, and Laronne, a friend of Rachel's mother. Inspired by a true story of a mother's twisted love, "The Girl Who Fell From The Sky" reveals an unfathomable past and explores issues of identity at a time when many people are asking 'Must race confine us and define us?'
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I read this book because I have two bi-racial nieces. I plan to give this book to their mom to read and for them to read when they are older. It is a beautiful book.
Ellyb
Aug 4, 2010
Wonderful debut
'The Girl Who Fell From the Sky' is an achingly tender portrait of Rachel Morse, a half Danish, half African American girl growing up in the early 1980's. She has moved to Portland, Oregon to live with her grandmother after an unspeakable tragedy kills her mother and siblings. This tragedy is pointedly discussed by her relatives with regard to who is to blame, but for most of the novel Rachel does not reveal to the reader exactly what happened on that rooftop the day her family died. Instead, her life is consumed by the adjustment of having to "choose" a race, in opposition to the nebulous, half European lifestyle she lived previously that did not prod the issue.
I found Rachel's struggle to find herself convincing and incredibly moving. This is a slim novel, but it contains a huge load of emotion. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in coming of age stories, and anyone interested in American racial issues.
