The Resource The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel], Heidi W. Durrow
The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel], Heidi W. Durrow
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Resource Information
The item The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel], Heidi W. Durrow represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (approximately 7 hr.)
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- Subtitle from container
- Isbn
- 9781598879230
- Label
- The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel]
- Title
- The girl who fell from the sky
- Title remainder
- [a novel]
- Statement of responsibility
- Heidi W. Durrow
- Subject
-
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Aunts
- Aunts -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Diaries -- Authorship
- Diaries -- Authorship -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Grandmothers
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Racially mixed children
- Racially mixed children -- Fiction
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Awards note
- Bellwether Prize for Fiction, 2008.
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Durrow, Heidi W.
- Credits note
- Producer, Paul Ruben
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Karen Murray, Emily Bauer and Kathleen McInerney
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Murray, Karen
- Bauer, Emily
- McInerney, Kathleen
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Racially mixed children
- Identity (Psychology)
- Intergenerational relations
- Audiobooks
- Orphans
- Domestic fiction
- Racism
- Grandmothers
- Aunts
- Diaries
- Audiobooks
- Aunts
- Diaries
- Domestic fiction
- Grandmothers
- Identity (Psychology)
- Intergenerational relations
- Orphans
- Racially mixed children
- Racism
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel], Heidi W. Durrow
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- Subtitle from container
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 320197241
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (approximately 7 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781598879230
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9781598879230
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
-
- 797923
- DB042
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)320197241
- System details
- Compact discs
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The girl who fell from the sky : [a novel], Heidi W. Durrow
- Note
-
- Compact discs
- Subtitle from container
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- audio disc
- Carrier category code
-
- sd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 320197241
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 6 audio discs (approximately 7 hr.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781598879230
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Media category
- audio
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- s
- Other control number
- 9781598879230
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
-
- 797923
- DB042
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)320197241
- System details
- Compact discs
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Aunts
- Aunts -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Diaries -- Authorship
- Diaries -- Authorship -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Grandmothers
- Grandmothers -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Intergenerational relations
- Intergenerational relations -- Fiction
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Racially mixed children
- Racially mixed children -- Fiction
- Racism
- Racism -- Fiction
- Audiobooks
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