Susie Salmon was murdered.

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She was the main character in the novel "the Lovely Bones" by Alice Sebold.
I read it again for the second time.
Its about a 14 year old girl who is raped and murdered by her neighbor. She narrates the book from "her" heaven where she watches her family, friends and even her murderer. Her heaven is created from things she loved and is comfortable, but still she misses what she can't have, her family, touching another person and her murderer brought to justice. She can't control that, but what she does see is how her life and death impacted those she knew intimately and those whom she only touched briefly. How the dynamics changed from when she was just Susie to the dead girl.

I found I enjoyed reading this book the second time, getting more out of it, seeing things differently. Susie became an aquaintance, like she shared her life and death with me and when I finished the book this time, I didn't mourn her because I knew she was safe and in a good place.

The book made me do a lot of thinking, not just about life and death but how we impact the lives of many,sometimes without knowing it.
I walked away from it learning more about myself and asking more questions about my life and memories and relationships than i did before.

Have you ever read something like that?

Share it here.

 

[impressive]

I loved this book precisely because of the concept of individually-defined heavens.

 

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I loved this book precisely because of the concept of individually-defined heavens.

I found that to be beautiful. I like how she had lots of dogs too.

 

[poppy1963]

I read The Lovely Bones, too...and now you make me want to read it again. Someone...some reviewer...said it was a book that "when you walk by it in the bookstore you will touch the binding because you can't resist it"...something like that anyway.

I had a similar response to Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" ...I recommended it to Book Sense as the Best Book of 2005 (all independent bookstore staff are asked to vote in such surveys/polls).

 

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I read The Lovely Bones, too...and now you make me want to read it again. Someone...some reviewer...said it was a book that "when you walk by it in the bookstore you will touch the binding because you can't resist it"...something like that anyway.

I had a similar response to Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" ...I recommended it to Book Sense as the Best Book of 2005 (all independent bookstore staff are asked to vote in such surveys/polls).

Yes, read it again!

I've wanted to read the book you mentioned as well. I also finally finished "Yesterday I cried" by Iyanla Vanzant. A terrific book for someone who is in the process of healing.

 

[impressive]

Yes, read it again!

I've wanted to read the book you mentioned as well. I also finally finished "Yesterday I cried" by Iyanla Vanzant. A terrific book for someone who is in the process of healing.

I read one of hers, but not that one.

 

[Vermilion]

Elizabeth Berg, Never Change

The writing is so beautiful and the story and concepts so simple and so beautiful that it makes you ache to be something more.

It makes you question your own perceptions of yourself and how you let other people dictate how you feel.

It is my most precious book and the first time I read it I re-read it within a week.

All of Berg's books have touched me, but this one most of all.

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I read one of hers, but not that one.

Read it, especially now.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

I loved this book precisely because of the concept of individually-defined heavens.

What she said.

The narrative concept is wonderfully unique and adds to that.

 

[Guest]

I read the book as well I think some time this winter. I drive so I read it in spurts.... I kept finding myself in tears as I read. I read another book.... "The Mermaid Chair" for the life of me I cannot remember who wrote that but I liked that one as well.

 

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I read the book as well I think some time this winter. I drive so I read it in spurts.... I kept finding myself in tears as I read. I read another book.... "The Mermaid Chair" for the life of me I cannot remember who wrote that but I liked that one as well.

Sue Monk Kidd wrote it.

 

[Pure]

it's a fiction. a fine fiction.

i think i would prefer Sebold's "Lucky", the story of her rape.

 

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My "wannaread" list is growing.

 

[Vermilion]

it's a fiction. a fine fiction.

i think i would prefer Sebold's "Lucky", the story of her rape.

I prefer 'Lucky' too. Very restrained style of writing for such an emotive subject.
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YAY!!!

Weisz joins Jackson's "Bones" adaptation

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - English actress Rachel Weisz has signed on to star in Peter Jackson's adaptation of "The Lovely Bones."

Based on Alice Sebold's 2002 best-seller, the story is told through the voice of Susie Salmon, a young girl who is murdered but continues to observe her family on Earth after her death. She witnesses the impact of her loss on her loved ones, while her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again.

Weisz will play the mother of the dead girl, a role that Jackson and his writing team of Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh are expanding in their adaptation.

The $80 million picture is scheduled to begin filming in October in Pennsylvania and New Zealand. The DreamWorks project will be distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures.

The film will mark the first teaming of the Academy Award-winning director and the Academy Award-winning actress. Weisz won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2005's "The Constant Gardener." Jackson won three Oscars for his work on 2003's "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King."