The Girl Who Fell From the Sky

Heidi grew up in IFCC‘s theatre program in the 1980’s. This neighborhood kid has grown up to be a woman of astonishing talent- a graduate of Stanford, Columbia Journalism and Yale Law Heidi has been a lawyer, actor, martial arts champion, engineer, world traveler and is always a writer.

Come share this homecoming with her and celebrate her Bellwether Prize winning book: a coming-of-age story and society’s ideas of race, class, and beauty.

“It engages the heart as much as it does the mind . . . Unforgettable.” Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt

“Simply put, Durrow has written a beautiful novel. There is pain in it, but there is a great deal of love as well. Durrow doesn’t wallow in emotion but deftly shows how people’s minds work, how children’s identities are formed. Rachel’s struggle, though specific in detail, is universal in feel. All adolescents try to understand why the world is cruel. We all want to know who it is that we’re supposed to be. [This] is a story that moves along, packing an emotional wallop that lasts well after the reading stops.” -The Oregonian

“Durrow has written a story that is quite literally breathtaking. There were times when I found myself gasping out loud, and at all times I was haunted by the events that shape Rachel’s existence. I was pulled along each step of the way, wanting to know more and rooting for Rachel to overcome all odds and make her own peace with where she comes from and where her life will take her. The one thing we know for sure is that Rachel is a survivor-both in the sense that she is the only one who survived a horrific incident and in the sense that she becomes stronger with every step of her journey.” -Elle Magazine