Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon has been murdered and is looking down from her heaven on her family, trying to help them deal with the tragedy.

It’s a touching story that takes the reader through her family’s and friends’ grief, told in a fresh way, through Susie’s voice.

fiction lovers who want to read a compelling fantasy about humans.

the unique style of this touching tale. When I read the inside of the flyleaf about a young girl looking down from heaven, I almost put the book back. Instead, I found myself drawn in to the story by the voice of the narrator, and the insight into the characters’ lives as they dealt with the tragic murder. What I was afraid would be either a saccharine or a maudlin tale was instead a kind of fairy tale about real people. What a pleasant surprise.

look for another book by this author.

extremely glad I didn’t listen to my first thought, and put the book back down. I would have missed an amazing, lovely book.

Alice Sebold, lives in California with her husband. She is the author of the memoir Lucky, and was named as a Writer on the Verge by the Village Voice.

I liked it, and I think you will, too.

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