Based on the best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, 'the Lovely Bones' focuses on the harrowing story of Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl murdered by her neighbor.

But Sebold catches herself in the Nick of time, and the book ends on the same appealingly plain-spoken note that it opens with: "I wish you all a long and happy life," Susie says.

But Sebold catches herself in the Nick of time, and the book ends on the same appealingly plain-spoken note that it opens with: 'I wish you all a long and happy life,' Susie says.