After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
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cat & mousenonlinear flashbackgrief & losstrauma recoveryfate destinyeverymanvillain protagonistparent childgroup found familysexual violencesupernatural
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