A stunning achievement THE NEW YORKER "

A triumphant novel.... It's a knockout." -TIME 

"Don't start The Lovely Bones unless you can finish it.The book begins with more horror than you could imagine but closes with more beauty than you could hope for. Alice Sebold has done something miraculous here.-CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.

"Savagely beautiful... . A strange and compelling novel." -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SUSIE SALMON, MURDERED AT AGE FOURTEEN is adjusting to her new home in heavén, a place that is not at all what she expected, while back on earth her grief-stricken family is unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy. This phenomenal # 1 bestseller is a novel celebrated at once for its narrative artistry, its luminous clarity of emotion, and its astonishing power to lay claim to the hearts of millions of readers around the world.