Saturday, 7 April 2012

The lovely bones

Sebold, A. (2002). The lovely bones. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Company.

An moving story of Susie and her family after a tragic loss of their beloved one. 
The story is most intriguing, as it is told by 14-year-old Susie who was murdered but now from her heaven watch her family and friends grieve, suffer and even fall apart without her.

Susie follows the loves of her family and friends as they struggle to cope with the devastation they are left with after her murder. Her father is consumed with guilt at having failed to save her. Her mother drifts away from her husband.In watching her family on Earth and recounts the memories she had before, Susie comes to understand the life she and her family are robbed of.

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