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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - Audiobook Review & Giveaway - closed

CONGRATS TO LUCKY WINNER - EMILY!




"My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."

So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her -- her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy.

I was in a hurry when I opened this audiobook and didn't realize at first it was the author herself reading it out loud! It certainly made for a unique reading experience, and that made it all the more fulfilling somehow. I hadn't read the paper version of the novel and was unprepared for the gamut of emotions the story takes a listener through. I was quite intrigued by the heaven or a version of it described and have spent quite some time since, imagining my own version of heaven. Poignant, beautiful and fulfilling, this is a great book for any reader, whether listening to it or reading it.

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This audiobook will go to one lucky reader.

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Deadline   Midnight CST of January 12, 2010.

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Note - This book was received for review/feature consideration.
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