The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

the inspiration for the blockbuster film starring Saoirse Ronan

    • 4.5 • 152 Ratings
    • £5.99

Publisher Description

A haunting and heartbreaking novel narrated from heaven as a young girl watches over her family and killer.

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.

In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for – except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth.

In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in death, life is not quite out of reach . . .

An astonishing novel about life and death, memory and forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places.

Alice Sebold's book inspired the Peter Jackson film, starring Susan Sarandon and Saoirse Ronan.

'Moving and compelling . . . I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed' – Maggie O'Farrell (author of The Marriage Portrait), Sunday Telegraph

GENRE
Crime & Thrillers
RELEASED
2014
15 December
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
336
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pan Macmillan
SIZE
4.2
MB

Customer Reviews

EJC_book ,

Ending

Amazing book, bad ending that could of been a lot better

S4NDY 84 ,

A heartbreaking yet inspiring tale

The film was good, I wanted to read the book to understand the true depth and complexity of the characters and the true detail behind Susie’s heaven. Alice did a fantastic job of creating this reality for me.

Michele-29 ,

Beautiful story

I first read this book when I was 15 years old after receiving it as a birthday gift. It’s one of those books that stays with you for a long time. I read it again at 26 and the story has had the same powerful effect on me as it did a decade ago. I can’t recommend this book enough. The story is told through a young girls eyes as she looks down at her family and friends from the in between. It’s heartbreaking and bittersweet at times and The author did an excellent job of conveying the raw emotions of these characters. I know there was a movie about it but I can honestly say the movie does the book no justice whatsoever.

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