Fifteen years ago, at the age of eighteen, Alice Sebold was raped. In the days just following, she made herself a promise, the promise that one day she would write a book about her experience. And now, on the other side of heroin addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder, and a decade and a hal[...]

Sebold has given us a fantasy-fable of great authority, charm, and daring. She's a one-of-a-kind writer."

Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections When we first meet Susie Salmon, she is already in heaven. As she looks down from this strange new place, she tells us, in the fresh a[...]

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer. This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie sees her[...]

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer. This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie sees her[...]

Patrick McDonnell's "MUTTS" is up there with "Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat," and "Calvin and Hobbes"-cartoons that are smart and funny, brilliantly drawn and full of heart." -Matt Groening, "The Simpsons" creator To me, "MUTTS" is exactly what a comic strip should be." -Charles Schulz, "Peanuts" creator[...]

With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever s[...]

USA, 1970. Susie Salmon blir voldtatt og drepen, men frå himmelen fortel ho historia si mens ho observerer familien og livet på jorda. Ho følgjer med mordaren og politiets jakt på han, og ho er der og ser på familien som prøver å forstå tragedien. Romanen er filmatisert.[...]

14 år gammal blir Susie Salmon våldtagen och mördad. Ingen – utom Susie – vet vem mördaren är. Från himmelens förgård ser hon ner på jorden, följer sin familj genom de svåra sorgeåren, följer polisens resultatlösa arbete utan att kunna ingripa.

   Det kunde var[...]

An enchanting story of transformation and compassion, Frances Hodgson Burnett?s The Secret Garden is widely considered to be one of the most important works of children?s literature. After her parents die of cholera, Mary Lennox, a difficult and sickly little girl, is brought from India to her myste[...]

Susie Salmon är fjorton år gammal och upplever just sin första förälskelse då hon blir våldtagen och mördad av en granne. Från sin utkiksplats i himlen kämpar hon med att acceptera sin död, medan hon fortfarande klänger sig fast vid det hon förlorat, de levandes värld. Under många år[...]