When we first meet -year-old Susie Salmon she is already in heaven This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements she tells us back in when Susie mysteriously disappeared people still believed these things didnt happenIn 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 she finds herself It looks a lot like her school playground with the good kind of swing setsWith 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 begin the difficult process of healingIn the hands of a brilliant novelist the author narrates the THE LOVELY BONES through the eyes of her winning young heroine This story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family memory love heaven and living.
