The Lovely Bones

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 07 August 2002

"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

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : Pan Macmillan
• Release : 15 December 2014

The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson. With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Age of Miracles. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for – except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth. In the wake of her murder, Susie watches

• Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
• Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
• Release : 13 March 2015

A study guide for Alice Sebold's "The Lovely Bones", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Newsmakers for Students for all of your research needs.

• Author : Bright Summaries
• Publisher : BrightSummaries.com
• Release : 03 April 2019

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Lovely Bones with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, a thought-provoking novel about death and the ways we cope with grief. It is narrated by Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl who has been murdered and is watching over her family from the afterlife. As her friends and younger siblings grow up, experiencing aspects of life that she never had

• Author : G Whiz
• Publisher : 101BookFacts.com (pub-5999650418488591)
• Release : 20 December 2013

Did you know Anna Quindlen compared The Lovely Bones to To Kill a Mockingbird, saying that the book is "destined to become a classic."? Or, did you know with an impressive 925,000 copies in print after 11 printings, The Lovely Bones reached Oprah-level numbers in its first month on sale without endorsement of any TV or newspaper book club? What are the amazingly true facts behind The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold? Do you want to know the golden nuggets of facts

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : Little Brown & Company
• Release : 11 November 2009

In "The Lovely Bones," the spirit of fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon describes her murder and her family's efforts to find the killer; and in "Looking Glass," Susie's story is integrated with cases of actual missing children.

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : Pan Macmillan
• Release : 04 February 2023

This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and builds out of her family's grief a hopeful and joyful story.

• Author : Trivion Books
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 08 September 2016

Trivia-on-Book: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! In Alice Sebold’s supernatural novel, The Lovely Bones, we follow the story of Susie, a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, contemplates the hardships her family goes through while they try to cope with their loss. She spends the afterlife in her personal heaven, with no worries or dangers, until she realizes that the

• Author : Wikipedia contributors
• Publisher : e-artnow sro
• Release : 04 February 2023

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 July 2009

• Author : Alice Sebold
• Publisher : DEBOLSILLO
• Release : 04 February 2023

Cuando conocemos a Susia Salmon, sabemos que ya está en el cielo, en su nuevo hogar. Desde allí nos relata, con la voz de una adolescente de catorce años, la historia de su propio asesinato y el proceso de recuperación por el que van a tener que pasar sus seres queridos.

• Author : Mark Knight,Louise Lee
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release : 07 December 2009

The study of religion and literature continues to go from strength to strength - this collection of essays offers a dynamic, lively and provocative contribution to the field and aims to map out new directions it might take. By returning to foundational questions regarding the relation between words and worlds and the parameters of the sacred, the essays explore different ways of using interdisciplinary resources to open up our understanding of religion and literature. Contributions from some of the leading

• Author : Alice Sebold,John Henriksen
• Publisher : Barnes & Noble
• Release : 04 February 2023

A heartbreaking but ultimately life-affirming tale of a young girl's tragic death at the hands of a serial killer, Alice Sebold's novel appeared in American bookstores just at the time several child abductions made its message painfully timely. Delve into the intricacies of this wrenching story through these questions: How is Sebold's vision of heaven unique? Why have some readers criticized it? Why does Susie haunt her friends and family after her death? What is she looking for? Why has

• Author : Danel Olson
• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• Release : 04 February 2023

Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists, the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010.

• Author : Alfio Leotta
• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• Release : 17 December 2015

Peter Jackson is one of the most acclaimed and influential contemporary film-makers. This is the first book to combine the examination of Jackson's career with an in-depth critical analysis of his films, thus providing readers with the most comprehensive study of the New Zealand film-maker's body of work. The first section of the book concentrates on Jackson's biography, surveying the evolution of his career from the director of cult slapstick movies such as Meet the Feebles (1989) and Braindead (1992) to an