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Book Review of The Lovely Bones (Audio CD) (Unabridged)

The Lovely Bones (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
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Susie Salmon is, was, a fourteen year old girl who was raped, murdered, and dismembered just before Christmas 1973 - that is not a plot spoiler, it is the first sentence of the book. Susie is telling her story from her heaven - everyone has their own heaven. She tells the story of her murder; she watches her murderer; she watches her family and friends.

This novel is the story of those people she watches and the effect that her death has on them. the
A second story line is the search for Susie's killer - Mr Harvey - who for most of the novel is hiding in plain sight. Susie's sister breaks into the house trying to help.

The third story line is Susie's coming to grip with her heaven and how she can move on.