num_pages: 372
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
publisher: Little, Brown and Company