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The Lovely Bones

by Alice Sebold

A family seen from beyond

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A family seen from beyond

Susie Salmon’s murder reshapes the lives of those she leaves behind, while Susie watches from a heaven unlike the one she imagined. The novel moves between her family’s grief, the rumors surrounding her disappearance, and the killer’s efforts to conceal what he has done. That divided perspective brings private mourning into contact with the unanswered questions of a crime, while Susie’s new surroundings frame the story’s exploration of loss and the persistence of life on earth.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in literary fiction centered on grief and family upheaval.
  • Readers drawn to stories that combine a crime’s aftermath with a narrator observing events from beyond the living world.

Themes

Grief and familyMurder and its aftermathLife, death, and the afterlifeRumors and concealment

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Book overview

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

So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.
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