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The Lovely Bones
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
More than 2 million copies sold by Picador, more than 8 million around the world - now a film by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings, Heavenly Creatures)
My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer.
This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie sees her happy suburban family devastated by her death, isolated even from one another as they each try to cope with their terrible loss alone. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love, do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet . . . The Lovely Bones is a luminous and astonishing novel about life and death, forgiveness and vengeance, memory and forgetting - but, above all, about finding light in the darkest of places.
"A novel that is painfully fine and accomplished." ( Los Angeles Times)
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- 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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- Charon Nix
- 18-01-16
Quack,honk,sqwawk,squeak, rasp...
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Sadly, no. Imagine a constipated frog with a sore throat doing a Donald duck impersonation after inhaling some helium and you might have some idea of what it's like to listen to Alyssa Brenan for nearly a day. Her voice is truly awful her "acting" is dreadful and she just doesn't have enough distinct voices for the many characters in this book . Ruined an otherwise beautiful and moving story.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
See above ...
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- LynnyB
- 06-06-24
An emotional rollercoaster
My daughter read this book many years ago when the film came out and she recommended it to me but it has taken many years for me to do so. I loved this book. Having children of my own I dread this sort of situation happening to me and my family. It was intriguing to watch the situations evolve. I cried several times as it was very emotional. I like the take on the after life and like the concept of my loved ones being close. Once finished I had to have a break from listening and reading to reflect on the book. The story evolves in layers, the characters developed well, the narration was perfect.
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- E. Weston
- 12-06-24
Beautifully sensitive but enjoyable too
When you read a book, you give voice to the tale. When you listen to the book, you hear it's voice. Cleverly written on a sensitive topic, this book could open the door to discussions which may aid young people when death enters their lives, which it inevitably will at some stage. However it is not necessary to listen or read this tale for such reasons.
Very good book throughout.
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- 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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