The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from a personal heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death.

2002年7月3日 · The Lovely Bones is a story told by fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon who was killed while on her way home. She walks through a cornfield on a freezing December of 1973 when her neighbor Mr. Harvey convinced her to check out the underground room he has built.

On December 6, 1973 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, 14-year-old Susie Salmon is murdered near her home. Her neighbor, George Harvey, lures Susie into a hole he dug, where he rapes, murders, and dismembers her. The novel is narrated posthumously by Susie from heaven.

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...

2004年4月20日 · Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

2002年8月7日 · Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy. Alice Sebold is the bestselling author of The...

2004年4月20日 · Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

The Lovely Bones is the story of the violent murder of 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who narrates the book from heaven, revealing how she was killed and by whom. Susie is oblique about the details of her rape and only hints at the brutality of the attack.