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Author's Message
I am thrilled and honored that The Girl Who Fell from the Sky is the Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads 2012 selection.
My hope is that the story -- set in 1980s Portland -- generates lively discussions about identity and belonging in my beloved hometown.
The book is entirely a work of fiction about a biracial and bicultural girl's coming-of-age and the mystery of the tragedy that brings her to the Pacific Northwest. And yet, I hope the novel touches on some basic truths about how we each shape our futures by working with or against the labels we embrace or that we are assigned when we are young.
My greatest wish is that you enjoy the read. Writer Kevin McIlvoy says: "I am a storyteller. That is the way I love." This book is in part a valentine to my hometown.
Thank you for selecting The Girl Who Fell from the Sky. I look forward to seeing you all in March.
Heidi Durrow
October 2011
