Grief In The Lovely Bones

Day after day lives are taken and some of those lives are victims of rape and kidnapping. The parents of those children are deeply scarred and each deal with their grief in different ways. Most people experience grief by crying and questioning. Others show anger and some turn their anger into motivation for activism. The stages of grief can be different for everyone, in the book Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold she perfectly demonstrates how the death of a child flips everyone's world upside down. Susie Salmon is the daughter of Jack Salmon, Abigail Salmon, sister of Lindsey Salmon, brother of Buckley Salmon, and granddaughter of grandma Lynn. Susie was kidnapped, raped, and killed by her neighbor Gorge Harvey. Susie remains in the in-between and

"Amber decided she wanted to go a little further than where she was supposed to because there was a ramp where children would go." Eight minutes later and she was gone," said Norris, now 42, who was later told that an eyewitness who had been in a nearby yard heard Amber screaming as a man in a pickup truck forced her inside. Nearly four days later – days Norris said she spent not sleeping or eating and pleading for whoever took her daughter to "return her to her mommy" just like Susie’s parents in the book Lovely Bones. Amber's body was found in a creek a few miles from her home with her throat slashed ( Emily Friedman). This tragic story turned into something amazing that would help other children who are abducted. It gives them a chance to live. The idea of an alert system for missing children, a plan that eventually bore Amber's name was helped by Mike Simonds. Since 1996, according to statistics, there have been 495 successful recoveries thanks to Amber Alerts, which now exist in all 50 states. Amber Alerts, some of which can now be sent to the cell phones of people who sign up to receive notifications, are only issued when several criteria are met. The missing child must be younger than 18 and believed to be in imminent danger. Officials must also have information such as a car model or a description of the abductor to provide in the alert, and authorities must be certain that the child has been abducted by a stranger in some states, this provision is extended to include family members ( Emily Friedman). Families who suffer a great loss can create new powerful ways to prevent child abductions before they