"Sebold has given us a fantasy fable of great authority and charm, and daring. She's one of a kind writer." - Jonathan Frazen    author of The corrections

Fourteen year old Susie is missing and later discovered to be murdered. The Lovely Bones is the story told by Susie in heaven. The style is refreshing and spirited.

Excerpts from the book

"My name was Susie Salmon, like the fish: first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me. White girls with mousy brown hair. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was still back when people believed that things like that didn't happen..."

"Mr. Harvey started to press his lips against mine. They were blubbery and wet and I wanted to scream but I was too afraid and too exhausted from the fight. I had been kissed once by someone I liked. His name was Ray and he was Indian. He had an accent and was dark. I wasn't supposed to like him. Clarissa called his large eyes with their half closed lids, "freak a delic," but he was nice and smart and helped me cheat for my algebra exam while pretending he hadn't..."

"I hadn't yet let myself miss my mother and father, sister and brother. That way of missing would mean that I had accepted that I would never be with them again; it might sound silly but I didn't believe it, would not believe it. Holiday stayed with Lindsey at night; stood by my father each time he opened the door to a new unknown..."

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