The Girl Who Fell from the Sky

Heidi Durow's book is a story of despair and hope. It is the story of a 14 year old girl in the 1980s trying to figure out who she is and what she is. Rachel, the daughter of a black serviceman and a Dutch mother, lives in Chicago with her mother. After her mother's and sibling's shocking death, Rachel moves to Portland OR to live with her black paternal grandmother. Race now becomes apparent to her. "I learn that black people don't have blue eyes. I learn that I am black. I have blue eyes". The story progress as Rachel matures and grapples with the question "What are you? while at the same time Durrow gradually reveals what really happened to Rachel's mother and siblings on the rooftop.

I really enjoyed the fact that most of the story takes place in Portland, naming familiar sites like Laurelhurst and Oaks Park.

Reveiw by Denise R

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Outlander

Gil Adamson's first novel is the story of outcasts. The story takes place in 1903 when Mary Boulton, at 19, is fleeing from the twin brothers of her husband who she has just murdered. She runs to the mountains, responding to little more than a primitive instinct to survive at any cost. Retreating ever deeper into the wilderness she meets up with other "outcasts" who have found life in the wild. An absorbing tale of betrayal and honor.

This revew by Denise R

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Moonlight Mile

In Moonlight Mile, Dennis Lehane brings back the detective team of Angie Gennaro and Patrick Kenzie after twelve long years away from the series. While revisiting the people and consequences from the previous book Gone Baby Gone, Angie and Patrick are dragged into the violent world of the Russian mob. This is one of my all time favorite series and I’m glad Lehane has returned to it after writing four other books including Mystic River and Shutter Island.

Also Lehane himself praised Nic Pizzolatto’s Galveston by calling it “the coolest noir I’ve read in a decade.” It doesn’t get much better than that.

This review written by Jean S.

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