Title: The lovely bones
Description: This deluxe trade paperback edition of Alice Sebold's modern classic features French flaps and rough-cut pages.Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with readers of all ages. The Lovely Bones is such a book - a phenomenal #1 bestseller celebrated at once for its narrative artistry, its luminous clarity of emotion, and its astoniishing power to lay claim to the hearts of millions of readers around the world."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 eath 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 traged and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy"A stunning achievement." -The New Yorker"Deeply affecting. . . . A keenly observed portrait of familial love and how it endures and changes over time." -New York Times"A triumphant novel. . . . It's a knockout." -Time"Destined to become a classic in the vein of To Kill a Mockingbird. . . . I loved it." -Anna Quindlen"A novel that is painfully fine and accomplished." -Los Angeles Times"The Lovely Bones seems to be saying there are more important things in life on earth than retribution. Like forgiveness, like love." -Chicago Tribune 
Subjects: Murder, Psychological fiction, Teenage girls, Familias, Muchachas adolescentes, Novela psicológica, Bereavement, Dead, Murder victims' families, Fiction, Víctimas de asesinato, Crimes against, Ficción, Delitos contra, Novela hogareña, Susie Salmon (Fictitious character), Homicide, Girls, Family life, Domestic fiction, Teenagers, Families, Ghost stories, Future life, Victims of crimes, Spirits, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, family life, Large type books, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2009-08-30, New York Times bestseller, American fiction, Fiction, family life, general, Adolescentes, Romans, nouvelles, Crimes contre, Familles de victimes d'homicide, Murder victims' families--fiction, Teenage girls--crimes against, Teenage girls--crimes against--fiction, Ps3619.e26 l68 2004, 813/.6, Murder victims, Abus sexuels? l'?gard des adolescentes, Fiction, general, Dutch fiction, Familie, Jenseits, Kleinstadt, Weibliche Jugend, Beobachtung, Trauerarbeit, Sexualmord, Deuil, Morts
People: Alice Sebold
Time periods: 1970-1973