The Lovely Bones
the inspiration for the blockbuster film starring Saoirse Ronan
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4.5 • 161 Ratings
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- £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
Customer Reviews
Ending
Amazing book, bad ending that could of been a lot better
Amazingly Poignant!
I’m glad I really took my time with this. Having not much time to read more than a chapter or two per day really made this story come to life so much better in the back of my mind.
I couldn’t wait to get get back to the lives touched by Susie Salmon and see the heartbreaks and reconciliations that may come.
I highly recommend this to anyone.
It is simply, a brilliant book!
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.