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ally bestselling n
ovel that inspired the acclaimed film directed b
y Peter Jackson. My name was Sa
lmon, like the fish; first name
, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on D
ecember 6, 173.
In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - ec
ept what she most wants, which is to be back with the peopleshe loved on earth.
In the wake of her murder, Susie watches aher happy suburban family is torn apar
t by grief; as her friends row up, fall in love, and do all the things she never
had the chace to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in deat, l
ife is not quite out of reach ...A luminous, astonishing novel aout life and dea
th, memory and forgetting, and finding light in te darkest places, Alice Sebold'
s The Lovely Bones became an intant classic when it was first published in 2002.
There are now over ten million copies in print.shbhng s x9With an introducti
on by Karen Thompson Walker The internationally bestselling novel that inspired
the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson. My name was Salmon, like the fish;
first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.
I
n heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - except what she most w
ants, 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 h
er 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 qu
ite out of reach ...A luminous, astonishing novel about life and death, memory a
nd forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places, Alice Sebold's The Lovel
y Bones became an instant classic when it was first published in 2002.
There
are now over ten million copies in print.
