Sunday, March 14, 2010

The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones - by Alice Sebold

The story of a young girl who is murdered and watches her family from heaven.  

What an amazing page-turner that begins with the death of the main character.  Young Susie Salmon finds herself alone with her murder in an empty field.  After some brief research I found that Susie's character has a few things in common with the author.  Sebold and her heroine, Susie, both fall victim to rape.  Sebold bravely writes about her own personal experiences in a different book and so clearly identifies with the victim.  This book is a must-read and it keeps you zooming through to the end to see if Susie Salmon can lead her family to her killer.

I can't wait to see the movie!

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