Wednesday, February 14, 2007

More on Lovely Bones

Looking at the opening pages: a compelling beginning with a startlingly matter of fact tone and a certain amount of irony. Notice the sentence patterns to emphasis her feelongs.

Why set the book back in 1973? Sad that American put pictures of lost children on milk cartons. Does the distant setting make it more poignant because such crimes were less common, more shocking back then?

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