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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780316168816 |
Powells.com Staff Pick
By the time The Lovely Bones landed on bookstore shelves it had become the most highly anticipated book of the season. Then came the astonishingly enthusiastic critical response. Within two months, a million copies were in print. Still, readers encountering a simple plot summary might be tempted to turn away. Newspapers offer enough tragedy these days; do we really have time and energy for dark, tragic fiction? Consider those apprehensions dismissed: Sebold's debut fiction is an unflinching, graceful gift of a novel, an invigorating, expansive work of storytelling that should not work, but magically does. Dave, Powells.com
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"Don't start Lovely Bones unless you can finish it. The book begins with more horror than you could imagine, but closes with more beauty than you could hope for....But emotionally, it's faultless. Sebold never slips as she follows this family. The risks she walks are enough to give you vertigo. A victim of rape herself when she was in college, she includes some deadly satire of the shallow advice people offer in the face of great loss. There is no "moving on," and time alone won't bring relief either. That only comes through the hard work of learning to care for the living while cradling the memory of this loved one. As her father eventually realizes, 'You live in the face of it.'" Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor (read the entire CSM review)
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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.
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ashley6, June 6, 2007 (view all comments by ashley6)
Sebold is an incredibly talented author. The way she explained the night of the crime was outstanding. She really portrays "heaven" as an amazing place and with great detail makes you want to be in the book along with Susie going through what she went through. Sebold has an amazing imagination and it comes through in this novel. I love the story line of this book with all the flash forwards and flash backs. It makes the book more interseting and makes you want to keep reading to find out what is going to happen to Susie and the rest of her family, and if her murderer is ever going to get caught and punished for the bad things that he has done throughout his life. This book was really good and I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading, and for anyone who enjoys books about real life event and being in suspense for most of the book.
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jalocoja, April 17, 2007 (view all comments by jalocoja)
Alice Sebold did an excellent job portraying what heaven might be like, even though i personally don't belive that Susie is actually in heaven yet...it's interesting to see waht Susie sees, to watch her family grow, and fall apart. To see things from up there and not be able to do anything, that's the best part for me. you know what the family doesn't know and you just want to scream at them what you know, just like Susie. This book for me was a must-read.
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blonzhavemorfun4, December 19, 2006 (view all comments by blonzhavemorfun4)
This book has it all... romance, tears, humor, thrill, anticipation. I've read it twice, and would read it over and over again. i wasn't at all dissapointed with this book, and unlike most books, it gets the story going without a few chapters of boredom, in the very firt chapter you wont be able to put this book down. This book was reccommended to me, and i would reccommend it to anyone.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780316168816
- Editor:
- Adams, Terry
- Publisher:
- Back Bay Books
- Author:
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Literary
- Copyright:
- 2002
- Publication Date:
- January 2004
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 328
- Dimensions:
- 8.29x5.44x.99 in. .72 lbs.
