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The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold

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Brutally raped and murdered by a deceptively mild-mannered neighbor, Susie begins with a compelling description of her death. During the next ten years, she watches over her family and friends as they struggle to cope with her murder. She observes their disintegrating lives with compassion and occasionally attempts, sometimes successfully, to communicate her love to them. Although the lives of all who knew her well are shaped by her tragic death, eventually her family and friends survive their pain and grief. In this, Susie continues to grow emotionally. She learns that human existence is "the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light all of it part of navigating the unknown
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eng
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Extent
328 p.
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9780316044400
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The lovely bones : a novel
Title
The lovely bones
Title remainder
a novel
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Alice Sebold
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Language
eng
Summary
Brutally raped and murdered by a deceptively mild-mannered neighbor, Susie begins with a compelling description of her death. During the next ten years, she watches over her family and friends as they struggle to cope with her murder. She observes their disintegrating lives with compassion and occasionally attempts, sometimes successfully, to communicate her love to them. Although the lives of all who knew her well are shaped by her tragic death, eventually her family and friends survive their pain and grief. In this, Susie continues to grow emotionally. She learns that human existence is "the helplessness of being alive, the dark bright pity of being human feeling as you went, groping in corners and opening your arms to light all of it part of navigating the unknown
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Title
The lovely bones
Creator
Summary
Looking down from heaven, 14-year-old Susie Salmon recounts her rape and murder and watches her family as they cope with their grief and "the lovely bones" growing around her absence
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Award
  • Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel, 2002.
  • Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2002.
  • Book Sense Book of the Year Adult Fiction, 2003.
  • British Book Award for the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year, 2004.
  • Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award), 2005.
  • Gateway Readers Award (Missouri), 2005.
  • Iowa High School Book Award, 2005.
  • Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 9-12, 2004.
  • South Carolina Book Award, Young Adult Books, 2005.
  • YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
  • New York Times Notable Book, 2002
  • YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2003
  • School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2002.
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068738
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DLC
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3619.E26
LC item number
L68 2002
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890
Literary form
fiction
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True
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adult
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Alice Sebold
The lovely bones : a novel, Alice Sebold
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22 cm.
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Extent
328 p.
Isbn
9780316044400
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(pbk.)
Lccn
2001050622
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  • ocm48495099
  • 523263
  • (OCoLC)48495099
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