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A lone person stands in a misty field facing a pastel sunset sky with a distant gazebo in a painterly style.

A lone person stands in a misty field facing a pastel sunset sky with a distant gazebo in a painterly style.

The soft, glowing background reflects Susie’s “heaven,” which she describes as “a field of light” (p. 24). The image of a family member looking toward the light represents the grief and emotional distance Susie’s family feels as they deal with her death. This visual comes from Susie’s thought that her family is “so different now” (p. 91). The distant gazebo symbolizes the place of Susie’s death (p. 25) and acts as a haunting reminder of the unresolved crime that drives the story. Using these descriptions, create a book cover for the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold See more