Lovely Bones Reflection

Novels like this make the reader think about someone who actually suffered through trauma like this. It is sad to think that no matter when one reads this novel there will probably be a child missing in the news and a family trying to adjust to the new horror in their lives. I researched information on the author, Alice Sebold and she was brutally raped as an 18 year old. The inspiration for the story came from her personal experience. It is not that The Lovely Bones makes light of this kind of tragedy, but it does bring some healthy insight into the role of death in our lives.