The Lovely Bones

"December 6, 1973, when I was killed, I was fourteen years old" - this is how this tragic story begins. The deceased - the main character Susie Salmon - adapts to life in heaven and watches from above how her killer is trying to cover the traces, and the family - get used to the loss ...
This strong, dramatic book is not about murder, not about violence, but about life. Life after death. The life of those who remained. This is probably why it is written in such an amazingly bright language.
"History that the less gifted author could turn into a tearful melodrama, becomes a subtle and insightful story about family relationships and their variability in time" ("Minneapolis Star Tribune")