The Lovely Bones
Spoiler Alert: Alice Sebold's Melting Convictions on Conviction
By Judey Kalchik Published 3 years ago • 1 min read
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Debut novel, published 21 years after her rape, punishes uncaught killer with death by icicle. Abrupt, unsatisfying twist, narrated by dead little girl: fictional frozen justice?
Reality is author's actual attacker is still at large; the wrongfully convicted man jailed for 18 years. Was novel's plot actually subconscious melting convictions?
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Judey Kalchik
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