How did The Lovely Bones end?

By the end of the film, though, Susie is ready to move on. Harvey's crimes have been exposed, her parents are back together, and her siblings are safe. Before entering heaven, she briefly returns to Earth to kiss her crush, Ray, and thank him for the poem she never got to read.
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What did the killer do to Susie in The Lovely Bones?

On December 6, 1973, he lures his 14-year-old neighbor Susie Salmon into an underground "clubhouse" he had built in the woods near his house, and rapes and murders her once she is in his power. He then dismembers her body, puts her remains in a safe and dumps them in a landfill.
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Do they catch the killer in The Lovely Bones?

George Harvey is a sadistic serial killer known for raping and murdering at least seven girls. He eventually gets killed by falling off a steep hill after trying to lure another girl into his car.
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What happens to Mr Harvey in the end of The Lovely Bones?

Harvey. He's about to attempt another attack, but is foiled by a falling icicle. He plunges to his death into a ravine. Then Susie shows us Lindsey, Samuel, and their new baby, Abigail Suzanne, and that's the end of the story.
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Was Lovely Bones a true story?

Yes — kind of. The afterlife storyline, in which Susie watches her family from purgatory, is not real. But the original author of the book, Alice Sebold, stated that the story was partially based on a real rape and murder of a young girl in Norristown, Pennsylvania, who was kidnapped from her parents in the 1970s.
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Was Susie Salmon a real person?

Susie Salmon from The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Although no one would ever wish for Susie Salmon's character to be inspired by real events, it is based on a young girl's murder in Norristown, Pennsylvania in the 1970s.
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What does the bathroom scene in The Lovely Bones mean?

Susie runs home to find Harvey soaking in a bathtub. After seeing the bloody bathroom and her bracelet hanging on the sink faucet, Susie realizes she never escaped the underground hideout because Harvey murdered her. Screaming, she is pulled into the "In-Between", which is neither Heaven nor Earth.
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What did Mr Harvey do with Susie's body?

Harvey puts the bag with Susie's body parts into a safe and dumps the safe into a sinkhole about eight miles from the Pennsylvania neighborhood. Afterwards, he walks around an industrial park. He finds Susie's charm bracelet in his pocket, and doesn't remember taking it off of her, or putting it in there.
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What did Mr Harvey offer Susie to make her comfortable?

Harvey offer Susie to make her more comfortable in his secret room? A soda.
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Is George Harvey a real person?

Like many real serial killers, Harvey, the fictional character in the 2002 bestseller "The Lovely Bones," lived a seemingly normal life among his neighbors, evading suspicion and cleverly eluding capture.
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Is George Harvey still alive?

George Harvey, Known As 'Crackhead Bob' On 'The Howard Stern Show,' Dead At Age 56. George Harvey, better known as “Crackhead Bob”, died at the age of 56 at his Texas home.
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What happens to Lindsey in The Lovely Bones?

Lindsey and her younger brother Buckley (Christian Thomas Ashdale) struggle to deal with the loss of their sister and then watching their parents fall apart. When Rachel leaves the family, it seems as though the marriage is over. However, at the end of the film, she comes home and reconciles with Jack.
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Who is Mr Harvey based on?

Donald Harvey (April 15, 1952 – March 30, 2017) was an American serial killer who claimed to have murdered 87 people, though official estimates are between 37 and 57 victims. He was able to do this during his time as a hospital orderly. His spree took place between 1970 and 1987.
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What chapter does Abigail leave in The Lovely Bones?

The Lovely Bones Chapter 16: Snapshots.
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Why is it called The Lovely Bones?

Susie is saying that a) she sees her loved ones and their stories as the bones of a body of earthly happiness, of life; and b) she can stop anxiously hovering over them, because they are OK.
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How is The Lovely Bones book different from the movie?

In contrast to the movie, the book is more of a coming of age story about a girl who will never get the chance to grow up. Susie can only grow spiritually by watching her family and friends as they each reach milestones, leave for college, get married and have kids of their own.
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How old was Saoirse Ronan in Lovely Bones?

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Irish actress Saoirse Ronan was only 13-years-old when she took the part of a murdered girl who watches over her grieving family in “The Lovely Bones.” But even at such a young age, she never once worried about playing a dead person.
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Where Did The Lovely Bones take place?

The Lovely Bones is set mostly in an unnamed Pennsylvania suburb (called Norristown in the film version). Alice Sebold grew up in the suburbs, which she refers to as "Nowhere USA" and draws from the experience for this novel.
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Is The Lovely Bones scary?

Although it mercifully spares us some of the more gruesome details found in the novel, it is much too frightening and disturbing for young teens or younger children.
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Who was the angel of death nurse?

JUSTICE STORY: New Jersey's 'Angel of death' Nurse Charles Cullen murdered scores, perhaps hundreds, of patients in his career. This deadly angel of mercy was always able to find new victims. Over 16 years, Cullen was fired or forced to resign from at least five Pennsylvania and New Jersey hospitals.
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What type of killer was Donald Harvey?

Donald "Donnie" Harvey, also known as The Angel of Death, was an angel of death-type serial killer, poisoner, and one-time arsonist.
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Who is pregnant at the end of The Lovely Bones?

Samuel and Lindsey rough it while the house is being restored, and soon Lindsey becomes pregnant. Ray has become a doctor, and Ruth is still in New York, trying to find a way to express what she knows about the dead. Susie is in the big "H" Heaven now, and has lots of fun.
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How did Lindsey react to susies death?

Lindsey's relationship with her father is extremely touching. After Susie's death, she becomes increasingly protective of Jack, and she even switches places with him, metaphorically, in the critical break-in scene.
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