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Chargement... The Girl Who Fell From the Sky (2010)par Heidi W. Durrow
  
Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.   ) ellink | Jan 22, 2024 |  ) rosenmemily | Jan 7, 2024 | Listened to the audiobook version. ( ) steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 | (  ) dmurfgal | Dec 9, 2022 | The story is about Rachel primarily, but it is also about Jamie who becomes Brick by the end. Rachel is half Danish and half black and must live with her grandmother in Portland, OR after an event that happens in Rachel's life when she was living in Chicago. The event is the main mystery of the book, so I will not spoil what happened. All we know is Rachel now lives with her black grandmother in a black neighborhood, her father has gone back on assignment, and her mother and brothers are gone. A large portion of the book is not only about Rachel's past, but about how Rachel now must fit in a primarily black community as she is light skinned and bright eyed. We follow Rachel throughout her life from early childhood into adulthood as she struggles with not quite fitting into either of the two communities- the white community, where she is too dark, and the black community, where she is too white. Men find her attractive, as she has developed early, and exotic, which doesn't help with the women within each community. As stated, it is also the story of Jamie aka Brick, who is the sole witness to the event that happened in Rachel's life. His mother is a drug using prostitute of sorts and is absent in Jamie's life. He runs away one day, as a young child in search of Rachel. He only knows she is in Portland, but can only afford a bus ticket half way there. We follow his life as a homeless child growing up on the streets who is used by two other homeless people to make money off of him. Will he find Rachel and be able to tell her what happened? Hint: yes! The story is told through the eyes of many of the characters, primarily Rachel's, who's narration changes the older she gets. I really appreciated this as most authors don't bother to change sentence structure or tone as the person ages. Durrow did this for Rachel and Brick. We also get glimpses into the event through the eyes of Rachel's mother, who kept a journal which is found by her neighbor and friend. Even though we get glimpses of the event and know what happened, the bigger question is why did this event happen and we are left in the dark until the very end of the book. The characters are well developed and grow throughout the book. The writing is top notch too. Durrow definitely drew from her own life and that shows throughout the book, especially within the tension of not fitting into one culture. My copy had an interview with her, where she opens up about some of her life. I really enjoyed this one and would highly recommend it. It might get dusty a few times in the room, but it is definitely worth the read. I gave this one 4 stars. (  ) Nerdyrev1 | Nov 23, 2022 |
 As the child of an African American father and a Danish mother, Durrow brings piercing authenticity to this provocative tale, winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction.  Taut prose, a controversial conclusion and the thoughtful reflection on racism and racial identity resonate without treading into political or even overtly specific agenda waters, as the story succeeds as both a modern coming-of-age and relevant social commentary. Nothing especially groundbreaking here, but the author examines familiar issues of racial identity and racism with a subtle and unflinching eye. But there's much more, and if the novel has a weakness, it's that it oozes conflict. Rachel, who is biracial, is abandoned by her father; a boy who witnesses the rooftop incident has his own difficulties, including a neglectful mother who's also a prostitute. But one can't help but be drawn in by these characters and by the novel's exploration of race and identity. VERDICT With similar themes to Zadie Smith's White Teeth and a tone of desolation and dislocation like Graham Swift's Waterland and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea, this is also recommended for readers intrigued by the psychology behind shocking headlines. In the telling of this coming- of-age novel, Durrow manages that remarkable achievement of telling a subtle, complex story that speaks in equal volumes to children and adults. Prix et récompenses
onze ans, Rachel, fille d'une m re danoise et d'un p re G.I. noir am ricain, voit sa vie basculer un triste jour d' t . Un drame dont elle est la seule survivante lui arrache sa famille. Recueillie par sa grand-m re, une femme aussi aimante qu'intransigeante, Rachel d couvre bient t la difficult d' tre m tisse dans une soci t qui donne trop d'importance la couleur de peau. Mais la v ritable nature de la trag die qui enlise Rachel lui sera r v l e par Brick, un jeune voisin qui a assist sa chute et qui se retrouve, bien malgr lui, d positaire du seul fragment de v rit susceptible de lib rer la fillette des ombres de son pass . Ce roman d'apprentissage, moderne et po tique, d crit l'envol d'un personnage inoubliable, un tre trop dou et trop d muni la fois. Ce beau r cit d'une r silience fait un sort tous les d terminismes et prouve qu'on se remet de tout, pourvu qu'il y ait eu, un jour, de l'amour. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Auteur LibraryThingHeidi W. Durrow est un auteur LibraryThing, c'est-à-dire un auteur qui catalogue sa bibliothèque personnelle sur LibraryThing. Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (3.77)
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