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In this montage of Marley's changing perceptions, Johnson presents fragments of the whole picture a little at a time: images of people, places (the Western Union building ''1637'' steps away from Marley's house) and artifacts (a box filled with love letters between her birth parents) gain significance as Marley begins to make sense of the past and integrate her perceptions into her new identity. The note (from the pastor of a church that was destroyed by arson) requests a replacement for Marley's baptismal record, and reveals that ''Momma'' and ''Pops'' are really Marley's aunt and uncle, and mysterious Jack (an alleged ''uncle'' with whom Marley has corresponded but doesn't remember) is her true father. Fourteen-year-old Marley's tranquil life in Heaven, Ohio, turns hellish the day her family receives a letter from Alabama.

As in her Gone from Home (reviewed above), Johnson here explores the themes of what makes a place home and which people family.

Heaven by angela johnson