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...name was salmon, like the fish: first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." Go ahead, read it again. Almost everything that makes The Lovely Bones the breakout fiction debut of the year - the sweetness, the humor, the kicky rhythm, the deadpan suburban gothic - is right there, packed into those first two lines, under pressure and waiting to explode. Part coming-of-age tale, part mystery, part ghost story, Alice Sebold's first novel (she's also the author of a memoir, Lucky) is the tale of an ordinary girl who is raped, murdered...
...name was Salmon, like the fish: first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973." Go ahead, read it again. Almost everything that makes The Lovely Bones the breakout fiction debut of the year--the sweetness, the humor, the kicky rhythm, the deadpan suburban gothic--is right there, packed into those first two lines, under pressure and waiting to explode...
...when a North Korean naval vessel sank a South Korean military speedboat on patrol in the Yellow Sea. North Korean officials said that shots were fired only defensively, and both sides claimed that the battle - the worst in three years - took place in their respective territorial waters. AUSTRALIA Mass Breakout More than 30 asylum seekers went on the run in South Australia after activists helped to stage a mass escape from the Woomera detention center. A search was mounted across 200,000 square kilometers of desert by police and dogs with helicopter and plane support. Authorities said that the harsh...
...season was a wholly unpredictable affair for the Harvard men’s squash team, coupling the injury-induced early exit of co-captain Peter Karlen with breakout performances by freshman Mike Blumberg and sophomore James Bullock...
...Bulldogs showed why they had a breakout season by coming out very strong in the second half. Led by freshmen Alex Gamboa and Edwin Draughan, Yale shot 61 percent in the second half and held Harvard scoreless for seven minutes. Gellert got into foul trouble and suddenly the 16-point lead evaporated into thin air. Once Yale took a 49-46 lead with eight minutes left, it had gained the momentum and did not give it back en route...