The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones (2002), by Alice Sebold, is a novel told in the first person by Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl who is raped, murdered and dismembered in the first chapter. Over the next few years, from a personalized heaven that takes the form of a high school she never lived to attend and its suburban surroundings, she watches her family and friends deal with their grief, her killer escape justice and go on to kill again and tries to reach a sense of closure herself, with the help of others she becomes acquainted. Susie can, when she looks down on Earth, see anything and follow thoughts, even see into her killer?s past, but has only minimal impact on events. Sometimes members of her family on Earth can see her very briefly.

Related Topics:
2002 - Alice Sebold - Novel - Rape - Murder - Dismembered - Heaven - High school - Suburb

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While the novel follows a generally linear plot, there are frequent digressions as Susie sometimes gets ahead of or behind herself.

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