The Lovely Bones
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Narrated by:
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Alyssa Bresnahan
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By:
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Alice Sebold
About this listen
A haunting and heartbreaking novel narrated from heaven as a young girl watches over her family and killer.
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 as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in death, life is not quite out of reach . . .
An astonishing novel about life and death, memory and forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places.
Alice Sebold's book inspired the Peter Jackson film, starring Susan Sarandon and Saoirse Ronan.
'Moving and compelling . . . I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed' – Maggie O'Farrell (author of The Marriage Portrait), Sunday Telegraph
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Nadia
- 07-08-10
Lovely Bones
Great book but reader has a really annoying voice.
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- H.C
- 25-09-20
Thoroughly enjoyed this audio!
I read this book 7 years ago and loved it. I've been looking forward to reading it again and just devoured the audio. 5/5 stars
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- Sarah
- 20-10-22
beautiful and sad
lovely book beautiful, sad and different.
Definitely recommend, for an interesting read.
Good voice acting by Alyssa Bresnahan.
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- Alison Miller
- 15-12-22
confronting and comforting all at once
The narration is not the best but the story shines through. A tear jerker but a great book
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-04-24
Beautifully moving
A wonderful listen and well told. Incredibly hard at times, and emotional. However, uplifting and joyous too. An interesting perspective. I would recommend for sure .
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- robert
- 31-12-09
Lovely book!
I loved this book! Convincingly and sensitively read, the story haunted me for three days. I had to ration my listening - the temptation to complete the story in one session was very strong indeed. Never having \"read\" the book previously, I found the storyline startlingly emotive: charged with a childlike intensity yet delivered with a calm detachment which I found at once inspiring and unnerving. This is a story which requires very little suspension of one's disbelief. Though I found some of the final sections a little \"romantic\", I cannot, in all honesty, rate this super book at fewer than 5 stars.
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- CA Weir
- 22-01-10
I'm hooked....
One of the best audiobooks I've listened to in a long time...and i've listened to hundreds. A haunting yet beautiful story superbly narrated...
I'm a couple of hours left to go and savouring every second.
If you're reading this don't even hesitate to download.
C
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- Lynda
- 19-11-21
a beautiful piece of prose
This is a wonderful book which I read several years ago. I love the audio version even more. Alyssa does a wonderful job of the narration and really brings the book and the characters to life. Thank you Audible
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- Anonymous User
- 24-02-24
It’s amazing
The heart breaking story truly does capture the readers attention and take them down a route of emotion.
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- Jean
- 12-07-10
breathtaking
The book so very different to what I expected. I expected it to be sad and full of sorrow, as it told the murder of a young girl. I was mistaken.It was truly wonderful how the author told the 'dead' years of a pre pubescant girl, who was robbed of her fruitful years of love for her family, and first boyfriend. But the joy it lead onto, to conclude and wholly complete the story. I wept, talked back, and laughed throughout the story. What a joy, thank you Alice Sebold.
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