Compare And Contrast The Lovely Bones

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“The Lovely Bones” is a book written by Alice Sebold. It was published in 2002, and it’s about Susie Salmon, a girl that was murdered and no watches her family and murderer from her own heaven. She tries to balance her feeling and watch out for her family since her murderer is still free and with nobody knowing how dangerous he is. In 2009, a movie adapted from the book came out as well. The movie, unlike the book, starts in chronological order. The book starts from Susie’s death and then flashbacks to what happened before. Another difference is that the bracelet charm in the movie is not the Pennsylvania keystone, but a house. Also, even though some things happen in both, book and movie, not every time the reasons are the same. For example

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