The Lovely Bones Facts

When asked about her writing process, Sebold said, "I don't outline and plan, I just work with what I unattractively call 'the subconscious stew.'" Of her daily writing habits she says, "I wake up...

RThe R rating is earned at the beginning of the novel, where narrator Susie Salmon recounts, from her heavenly post, the details of her rape and murder. There are also details of her killer's previ...

Literary and Philosophical ReferencesJuan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1.2)Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1.37)Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird (2.85, 2.93)William Shakespeare...