The Lovely Bones

When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements she tells us; back in 1973 when Susie mysteriously disappeared people still believed these things didnt happen. In the sweet untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground with the good kind of swing sets. With love longing and a growing understanding Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief her father embarks on a search for the killer her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring her little brother builds a fort in her honor and begin the difficult process of healing. In the hands of a brilliant novelist this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family memory love heaven and living.