false <![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178834848m/843585.jpg 536 69 When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh and spirited voice of a fourteen-year-old girl, a tale that is both haunting and full of hope. In the weeks following her death, Susie watches life on Earth continuing without her-her school friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her family holding out hope that she'll be found, her killer trying to cover his tracks. As months pass without leads, Susie sees her parents' marriage being contorted by loss, her sister hardening herself in an effort to stay strong, and her little brother trying to grasp the meaning of the word gone. And she explores the place called heaven. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. There are counselors to help newcomers adjust and friends to room with. Everything she ever wanted appears as soon as she thinks of it-except the thing she most wants: to be back with the people she loved on Earth. With compassion, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie sees her loved ones pass through grief and begin to mend. Her father embarks on a risky quest to ensnare her killer. Her sister undertakes a feat of remarkable daring. And the boy Susie cared for moves on, only to find himself at the center of a miraculous event. The Lovely Bones is luminous and astonishing, a novel that builds out of grief the most hopeful of stories. In the hands of a brilliant new writer, this story of the worst thing a family can face is transformed into a suspenseful and even funny novel about love, memory, joy, heaven, and healing. 1145090 book 2002 The Lovely Bones total:152521|5:38700|4:52788|3:39564|2:14447|1:7023| 152521 559257 192096 13071 1 404 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 11:02:12 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 11:03:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 125 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 28 17:06:29 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 02 15:36:54 -0800 2008
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New York: Little Brown & Company, 2002
329 pp. 21.95
0-316-66634-3


Susie Salmon, a young girl murdered at fourteen, sits in her heaven as she watches her family grieve, suffer and fall apart without her. Susie follows the lives of h...more...]]> 4 12 false true Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 29 13:07:15 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 26 16:08:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 12 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 07:27:18 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 07:27:23 -0700 2007
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THE LOVELY BONES will haunt you. This book tells the story of the most horrific thing a family could ever endure, the murder of a loved one, a child.

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This was exactly the case for me with 'The Lovely Bones'... It started out as I imagined but really fell apart as the story faltered on. I found it ver...more...]]> 2 7 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Dec 11 11:59:10 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 18 20:51:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:28:45 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 20:59:28 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=843585