description: "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.
language: English
title: The Lovely Bones
titlecomplete: The Lovely Bones
characters: Buckley Salmon, Abigail Salmon, Jack Salmon, George Harvey, Clarissa, Susie Salmon, Lindsey Salmon, Holly
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Adult, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Crime
ratings_count: 2299167
places: The United States of America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: British Book Award
category: Best Read of the Year, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: California Book Award
category: First Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Iowa High School Book Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.