The Girl Who Fell From the Sky - Couverture souple

Durrow, Heidi W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1616200154 ISBN 13 : 9781616200152

Editeur : Algonquin, 2011

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Heidi Durrow is a wonderfully gifted writer who can summon a voice, a memorable character with bold, swift strokes... a gem. --Jay Parini, author of Promised Land

When I first envisioned the Bellwether Prize, I imagined all the best qualities of fiction: vivid language, compelling characters, and clear moral vision. Novels just like this one, Heidi Durrow s breathless telling of a tale we ve never heard before. Haunting and lovely, pitch-perfect, this book could not be more timely. --Barbara Kingsolver, author The Poisonwood Bible and founder of the Bellwether Prize

A remarkable novel. It unfolds its secrets with the perfect placement of a mystery - I had trouble putting it down - while its core story about a mother's desperate act recalls the insights of a writer no less than Toni Morrison. Durrow writes fearlessly about race, memory, and family - she is a writer to watch. --Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories (National Book Award Finalist)

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Inspired by a true story of a mother's twisted love, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky paints the haunting portrait of a young orphan's quest for truth. A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of Rachel's struggle as an astonishingly beautiful mixed-race child in a mostly black community. As terrible secrets begin to emerge, Rachel learns to swallow her grief and construct her self-image in a world that wants to see her as either Black or White.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Algonquin
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1616200154
• ISBN 13: 9781616200152
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304