4
0
Support the library.
Your support helps keep books free for everyone ❤️
📍 Noticed
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
Sponsored
Synopsis
"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 ...
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 ...
"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.
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.
You May Also Like
Understanding Salafism: Seeking the Path of the Pious Predecessors
Yasir Qadhi
Beyond the Faerie Gate
Marie Mistry
Basin and Range
John McPhee
BLOW: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All
Bruce Porter
Korea: The Untold Story of the War
Joseph C. Goulden
Everywhere You Look
Emily Shacklette
Biography Picks
View All
To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower
Bret Baier
The House of Hidden Meanings
RuPaul
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper
The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path
Emma Heming Willis
Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
Joy-Ann Reid
One Aladdin Two Lamps
Jeanette Winterson