This is a gripping novel written by a child's point of view as she looks down on her family from heaven. In the first sentence, Sebold grabs the reader by 
having the narrator explain when and how she died. This book doesn't center around religion as one might think, but instead, concentrates on the living who were left behind. It does describe heaven, but this is a heaven where children go when they are taken from Earth to early.
having the narrator explain when and how she died. This book doesn't center around religion as one might think, but instead, concentrates on the living who were left behind. It does describe heaven, but this is a heaven where children go when they are taken from Earth to early.The narrator is Susie Salmon and in the first chapter, you learn that she is murdered when she is fourteen years old. Susie watches from heaven as her family mourns her death and then tries to put their lives back together after their loss. Susie also watches the murderer and his life in the following years. This novel is a murder mystery with the mystery already solved for the reader, but not the other subjects in the story. It's a unique way of telling a story and I thought it was extraordinary.
Warning: Before she is murdered, Susie is also molested. It doesn't go into great detail, but it is mentioned at could be disturbing to some.
Similar Novels: Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman and The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Length: 328 pages
Copyright: 2002
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