E-audiobook
The lovely bones
Record details
- ISBN: 9781607881346 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 1607881349 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: North Kingstown : Sound Library, 2009.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 10:54:19. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by the author. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 156716 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Murder victims' families -- Fiction Teenage girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. Audiobooks. |
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- EBSCOhost
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. - Findaway World Llc
When we first meet fourteen year old Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed things like that didnât happen.
In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place where she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets.
With love, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief: her father embarks on a search for the killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor, and they begin the difficult process of healing.
This story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching narrative about family, memory, love, heaven, and living.
