The Lovely Bones By Alice Sebold Pages 262-299
Susie's mom comes home after 8 years to see Jack, Susie's dad, because he had a heart attack. When she gets off the plane she barely recognizes her Lindsey and Buckley says some really hurtful things to her. She cries in the car but he doesn't care and continues to be hateful to her. When Abigail gets to the hospital Jack is sleeping but he wakes up when we walks in. And he's very happy to see her. She stays with him for a few days and realizes that she never stopped loving him but won't admit it. Then the book switches to Mr. Harvey. He goes back to the site where he buried a woman a few years ago, but it's been dug up. That night, he dreams of Lindsey running away from his house. He always has this dream when he's feeling threatened and is worried that he may be found out. Back at the hospital Susie visits while her parents are sleep but Jack wakes up and senses she's there. When Abigail wakes up he tells her he saw Susie and she says that she sees her all the time too. Then they kiss!
In chapter 21 Ruth and Ray go to the sinkhole before it is filled in. Then the detective, Len, goes to see Jack at the hospital even though he knows Abigail is there. When she sees him, Abigail is shocked but moves on after a while. Len gives them a Susie's charm bracelet that they found at the grave. He tells them it wasn't her grave, but this proves she's connected to other murders that have happened. Susie sees Mr. Harvey driving a beat up old orange car. He's still having dreams about Lindsey, plus he keeps remembering things about his other victims. Mr. Harvey drives through the old neighborhood and looks through a window to see Lindsey, he doesn't even care at this point if people see him. A police officer comes to the car once he is back in and asks if he's lost, Mr. Harvey says no so the police officer tells him to leave. He rights down his license plate number though. While Ruth and Ray were at the sinkhole, Ruth sees Susie standing next to her, but she doesn't tell Ray. Then, she sees Mr. Harvey driving toward the sinkhole with bloody people in the car and blacks out. The final scene is this chapter is Susie falling from heaven. In chapter 22, she takes over Ruth's body. When she wakes up from blacking out, she's being held by Ray and they kiss. Then they go back to his house and take a shower together and have sex. He realizes that it's Susie. She tells him how she has watched Ruth and him for years. She tries to call her brother but he can't hear her. Then she goes back to heaven and Ruth returns.
These few chapters were really good actually. The police officer writing down Mr. Harvey's license plate number is like a cliffhanger, why did Alice Sebold put that in the book? It must be important. I'm glad that Jack and Abigail finally meet again, it's sad that Susie's death tore them apart even though they still love each other. I only have two chapters left and I'm tempted to keep reading, but I have to go work on my anthology project!
Goodnight!
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