Alice Sebold
Birth date: September 06, 1963
Alice Sebold's Books
The action takes place over three consecutive evenings and two days, but the narrative is filled with flashbacks to Helen's troubled childhood and the childhoods of her children, which are portrayed as happier, albeit not perfect. Helen has a mentally ill mother for whom she cares, pouring all of ...
I read this book back in 2003. I remember buying the hardcover from a random book shop in D.C. (can't recall the name of the store) and started to read this book while on a bus heading back from the Pentagon metro stop. Within an hour I was in tears and just read it until I finished it sometime befo...
I'd seen the movie before picking up the book, and I think a lot of people will have heard about The Lovely Bones. Susie, after being raped and murdered by her neighbor, keeps looking at her family and friends as they try to continue with their lives. I quite liked the concept, but found the story w...
This one will definitely categorised in the "books that made me cry". I did not really cry, but my throat was often really tight and my eyes watering. This is a tragic story. So beautifully told. It is sad, but it is also full of hope.Some recents event made me even more emotional about this. But i...