The Lovely Bones ( 1 - 57 )

Summary
In the begining of this novel , Susie the 14 year old narrator starts off about how she was killed and went missing. After explaining about her life before then she tells me , the reader about how her murder raped her but, doesn't go too far as to what happened after as to when she was exactly killed. She explains what her parents were doing at that time of her death. Susie also kind of explains her life in heaven but, even though its such a wonderful place where you can get almost anything you really wanted all she wants is to go back on earth and continue her life. But, she needs to face the fact that their is no going back now. While on earth her parents and family are going crazy waiting for there to be some kind of sign that Susie is found. After her dad helps her next door neighbor he gets this strange reaction from him as if he knew something about what happened to Susie. And he was absolutely right

Quote : " My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." ( Sebold 5 )

Reaction: This quote at the beginning of the book I personally thought was the best way to start. It made me want to pick up and start reading this book in the first place. Usually a I wouldn't like it for a story to just give me all the main details and conflicts at the beginning but, this lets me know that there is much more to come.