Once in a generation a novel comes along that taps a vein of universal human experience, resonating with readers of all ages. The Lovely Bones is such a book. It is a story of unspeakable tragedy and loss, but also of abiding love and even joy. With its astonishing force, The Lovely Bones has... (learn more about this book)
A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children.... (learn more about this book)
My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer.
This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie... (learn more about this book)
In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a park near campus. What propels this chronicle of her recovery is Sebold's indomitable spirit - as she... (learn more about this book)
What would you write if no one knew who you were? In the spirit of the demolition derby, where drivers take heedless risks with reckless abandon, welcome to the first convocation of the Secret Society of Demolition Writers. Here is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing... (learn more about this book)
"Mein Nachname war Salmon, also Lachs, wie der Fisch; Vorname Susie. Ich war vierzehn, als ich am 6. Dezember 1973 ermordet wurde." Susie Salmon führt das ganz normale Leben eines Teenagers in einer merikanischen Kleinstadt - bis zu jenem Tag im Dezember, als sie allein durch ein Maisfeld nach... (learn more about this book)
Few dogs are as emotionally engaging or physically elegant as the greyhound. None are as swift. Its unmatched fleetness is key to the breed’s longtime survival. Bred to hunt, the greyhound has a lineage extending back 8,000 years. Throughout their history, greyhounds have been the companions of... (learn more about this book)
The story of Susie Salmon, when it starts to unveil before you, makes appointments, friends, family, hunger, sleep and even the phone ringing, seem uninteresting and less urgent. The 'bones' of the title in English are not Susie's remains, the little girl that tells the story after her death.... (learn more about this book)