What if everybody read the same book?
OPB and Multnomah County Libraries are partnering to bring conversations from this year's Everybody Reads book into the news. As our community talks about the book, we'd like to see the themes from the story through the lens of community members.
Could you see your life or part of your story in "The Girl Who Fell from the Sky"? Or, if you haven’t yet read the book, can you relate to any of these questions? (Click on each question to respond).
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What is life like in an intergenerational household?
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Is your racial identity part of your life story?
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Were there other themes, characters, or scenes from "The Girl Who Fell from the Sky" that stuck with you?
OPB’s Public Insight Network (PIN) poses questions like this to help our reporters see the news from the perspectives of community members. When you share your story and become part of the PIN, you join a community of people across the state who bring their unique expertise and experience to our news coverage. OPB will feature Everybody Reads stories online, and possibly on the radio.
Video: Heidi Durrow On Race, Gentrification and What Inspired Her Novel
Author Heidi Durrow, whose book The Girl Who Fell From the Sky is the selection for Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads program, visited Portland this week. OPB's Ifanyi Bell talked with Durrow as they walked around the neighborhoods where she grew up and where parts of her debut novel are set. >>

Learn more about Everybody Reads, the book and the author.
Think Out Loud
Heidi Durrow appears at Literary Arts Feb. 17 in a live broadcast of Think Out Loud.


