The Lovely Bones

Author: Alice Sebold

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  • : $17.99 AUD
  • : 9780330485388
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Campbell Books Ltd
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  • : March 2003
  • : 197mm X 130mm X 20mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 21.99
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  • : Alice Sebold
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
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  • : 336
  • : Modern fiction
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Barcode 9780330485388
9780330485388

Description

Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with readers of all ages. THE LOVELY BONES is such a book -- a #1 bestseller celebrated at once for its artistry, for its luminous clarity of emotion, and for its astonishing power to lay claim to the hearts of millions of readers around the world."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.  

Awards

Winner of Specsavers Bestseller Awards: Platinum 2017 and British Book Awards: Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award 2004.

Reviews

'Moving and compelling ... It will put an imperceptible but stealthily insistent hold on you. 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 Sunday Telegraph 'Spare, beautiful and brutal prose ... The Lovely Bones is compulsive enough to read in a single sitting, brilliantly intelligent, elegantly constructed and ultimately intriguing.' --The Times

Author description

Alice Sebold is the author of the bestselling novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon, and the memoir Lucky. She lives in California with her husband, the writer Glen David Gold.