An Arizona woman's book club that meets once a month for Happy Hour in the East Valley at various locales to discuss fiction books.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow
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.
Club Rating: 3.7
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