THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY: A NOVEL

Book ID/图书代码： 14560008B29629

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Chinese Summary/中文概要： 瑞秋的母親是丹麥裔與父親是黑人美軍，在一場事故中，她的父母親雙雙死亡。嚴格的黑人祖母成了瑞秋的法定監護者，瑞秋只好搬進幾乎都是黑人的社區。在那，她的棕色皮膚、藍眼睛、與外表成了眾人的焦點。1980年代，具有雙種族身份的年輕女孩，如何尋找身份上的認同~
瑞秋在芝加哥最後一個早晨的屋頂上，鄰居小男孩傑米看到了事情發生的真實經過~(VC)

Awards/获奖情况：Winner of the 2008 Bellwether Prize for Fiction
《波士頓前鋒報》Boston Herald’s list of “Ten Great Books for 2010”

版權已售:
Oneworld Publications /UK
Sirene /Holland

【Bellwether Prize】
本書獲得2008年 Bellwether Prize for fiction--由曾獲得美國國家人文基金會頒發的最高榮譽：國家人文獎章的知名作家Barbara Kingsolver創立。兩年一度，針對社會變遷與正義相關議題的未出版小說。http://www.bellwetherprize.org
Barbara Kingsolver是《自耕自食‧奇蹟的一年》(天下文化)（曾獲2008年中國時報開卷好書獎）作者。

Review
"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."---《自耕自食‧奇蹟的一年》(天下文化)（曾獲2008年中國時報開卷好書獎）作者Barbara Kingsolver

"Heidi Durrow’s first novel stunned me, and partially broke my heart. The deeply-divided world of her child narrator reflects that struggle between universes—race, family, art and love—that so many ’light-skinned-ed girls’ face, and Rachel faces her worlds with sorrow, believable fear and finally, imagination and resolve. But what kept me reading were the vivid voices of all the people around her—Ms. Durrow has created a resonant world all her own."---愛倫坡獎得主：蘇珊‧斯特萊特（Susan Straight）., author of A Million Nightingales

"In reading Heidi Durrow’s captivating and moving novel, it is hard not to recall the writer Nella Larsen’s own work, touching on some of the same complexities of race and gender. But it would be a mistake to think of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky as an ’issue’ novel when it engages the heart as much as it does the mind. Rachel Morse, the young girl who comes of age in the course of the novel, is the kind of girl that everyone relates to, yet she remains essentially unknown. Her physical beauty is as much invitation as it is a barrier. All of which makes Durrow’s novel unforgettable."---紐約時報暢銷作者Whitney Otto, New York Times best-selling author of How to Make an American Quilt

"Heidi Durrow is a wonderfully gifted writer who can summon a voice, a memorable character, with bold, swift strokes. [This] is a gem." ---《佛羅斯特：人生》作者Jay Parini, author of Promised Land

About the Author/作者介绍： Heidi W. Durrow曾獲得海明威短文獎與小說首章獎。畢業自史丹福大學、哥倫比亞新聞碩士以及耶魯法學院。獲得紐約藝術基金會、Jerome新生代作者基金會、伊莉莎白喬治基金會、美國斯堪地納維亞基金會等獎助。美國足球聯盟(NFL)與美國棒球大聯盟(NBA)顧問，此書手稿獲得Bellwether 社會變遷文學獎。作者網站:http://heidiwdurrow.com/

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