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| Author | Alice Sebold |
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| Cover artist | Yoori Kim (design); Daniel Lee (photo-illustration) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Little, Brown |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback); audiobook |
| Pages | 328 |
| ISBN | 0-316-66634-3 |
| OCLC | 48495099 |
| 813/.6 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3619.E26 L68 2002 |
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from a personal heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critical praise and became an instant bestseller.
A film adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson, who personally purchased the rights, was released in 2009. The novel was also later adapted as a play of the same name, which premiered in England in 2018 and toured in several cities.