Ebook {Epub PDF} The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow

 · The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, a debut book, by Heidi W. Durrow, paints a picture of a young girl, born to an African-American father and a Danish mother, and her journey to reclaim what she believes herself to be in a world obsessed with categories, while realizing how ha/5.  · Heidi W. Durrow is the daughter of an ­African-American serviceman and a white Danish mother, and her first novel was, according to her publisher, “inspired by true events.”Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Girl Who Fell from the Sky. By: Heidi Durrow. Narrated by: Karen Murray, Emily Bauer, Kathleen McInerney. Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Genre Fiction. out of 5 stars. ( ratings) Add to Cart failed.

Heidi W. Durrow (born J) is an American writer, author of best-seller The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, and the winner of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially-Engaged Fiction. Biography Early life and education. Durrow, the daughter of a Danish immigrant and an. Novelist Heidi Durrow: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky. The looked like they were sleeping, eyes closed, listless. The baby was still in her mother's arms, a gray sticky porridge pouring from the underside of her head. The girl was heaped on top of the boy's body, a bloody helpless pillow. And yet there was an old mattress, doughy from rain. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. Heidi W. Durrow. Oneworld Publications, Apr 1, - Fiction - pages. 74 Reviews. A bizarre mystery surrounding a family tragedy forms the centrepiece of this atmospheric story of a mixed-race girl's struggle for identity. Orphaned and alone, young Rachel is taken under the wing of her strict African.

~ The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, a novel by Heidi W. Durrow, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill B ased on a real life tragedy when a mother and her three young children leaped inexplicably off the rooftop of their Chicago apartment building to their deaths (only the oldest girl survived), Heidi Durrow’s novel, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, presents us with a dilemma. Girl Who Fell from the Sky. By: Heidi Durrow. Narrated by: Karen Murray, Emily Bauer, Kathleen McInerney. Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Literature Fiction, Genre Fiction. out of 5 stars. ( ratings) Add to Cart failed. The Miami Herald says: "Durrow's powerful novel is poised to take a place among classics of the American experience." The Oregonian hails it as a Top 10 Book of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is already a book club favorite, a New York Times Bestseller, a USA Today Bestseller, a LA Times Bestseller, an Indie Next Pick, a Pennie's Pick at Costco, and is now in its 15th printing in paperback.