THE LOVELY BONES by ALICE SEBOLD
I know that some of you have watched the movie and so little have realized that this movie was adapted from a book. So, I guess some of you might read it.
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SYNOPSIS
The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure.
The details of the crime are laid out in the first few pages: from her vantage point in heaven, Susie Salmon describes how she was confronted by the murderer one December afternoon on her way home from school. Lured into an underground hiding place, she was raped and killed. But what the reader knows, her family does not. Anxiously, we keep vigil with Susie, aching for her grieving family, desperate for the killer to be found and punished.
Sebold creates a heaven that's calm and comforting, a place whose residents can have whatever they enjoyed when they were alive -- and then some. But Susie isn't ready to release her hold on life just yet, and she intensely watches her family and friends as they struggle to cope with a reality in which she is no longer a part. To her great credit, Sebold has shaped one of the most loving and sympathetic fathers in contemporary literature.
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Here are some details about this book.
Cover: Mass Market
Pages: 328
Publication Date: September 1st 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Ratings: 3.72 out of 5 stars
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If you want to buy this book online, click on any link below.
Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316166685/ref=x_gr_w_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0316166685&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
Book Depository:
http://www.bookdepository.com/Lovely-Bones-Alice-Sebold/9780316166683
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