Marisa:The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn''t happen. In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. With love, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief, her father embarks on a search for the killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor and begin the difficult process of healing. In the hands of a brilliant novelist, this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family, memory, love, heaven, and living.
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I've read this book. It was really really good!!!
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I've been wanting to read The Lovely Bones too! A teacher told me, years ago, that it's a bit Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin. I love Elsewhere, so I'm hoping to read The Lovely Bones eventually. :)
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I love this book! It's awesome! Hope you get it soon(:
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting to read this too... I'll definitely have to read it before the movie comes out!!!
ReplyDeleteI always see the Lovely Bones at book sales, for like 50 cents. There's two library book sales in September, so if you like I could look for it and mail it to you, if you don't mind waiting the first sale is Sept. 11th, the second is Sept. 25th.
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