The Lovely Bones

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The Lovely Bones

By: Alice Sebold

Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan

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A haunting and heartbreaking novel narrated from heaven as a young girl watches over her family and killer.

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.

In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for – except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth.

In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in death, life is not quite out of reach . . .

An astonishing novel about life and death, memory and forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places.

Alice Sebold's book inspired the Peter Jackson film, starring Susan Sarandon and Saoirse Ronan.

'Moving and compelling . . . I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed' – Maggie O'Farrell (author of The Marriage Portrait), Sunday Telegraph

Coming of Age

Crime Fiction

Genre Fiction

Literary Fiction

Mystery

Fiction

Crime

Suspense

Heartfelt

Murder

Critic Reviews

Moving and compelling . . . It will put an imperceptible but stealthily insistent hold on you. I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed (Maggie O'Farrell)

Sebold has given us a fantasy-fable of great authority, charm, and daring. She's a one-of-a-kind writer (Jonathan Franzen)

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One of my favourite books. I read it as a teen and loved it, but I don't think I understood it fully. Now as an adult, I truly can feel the devastating heartbreak of the story. I love Susie's character, the tragic end of her life is overwhelmed by her beautiful way of viewing the world. I feel like this book captures the nostalgia of youth and makes me grateful to experience growing up. This book makes me mourn for a character that never existed, but also reflect on the tragedy of what happens to thousands of young women around the world everyday. “I wish you all a long and happy life. ”