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Alice sebold was born in madison, wisconsin, and grew up in the suburbs of philadelphia. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The lovely bones by alice sebold take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun. In this limited edition boxed set, the lovely bones appears for the first time with a special companion volume, looking glass. The novel was an immediate success after its release and sold over one million copies and remained on the new york times bestseller list for over a year. The lovely bones 1st first edition text only by alice sebold and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. During the rape sebold observesamong the leavesand glass will always. It was while she was a student at syracuse university in new york that she was raped an experience that formed the basis of her 1999 memoir, lucky, after a policeman told her she was lucky not to have been killed by her attacker. The novel begins with susie salmon introducing herself.
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