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...size of a small room, the mud room in our house, say, where we kept our boots and slickers and where Mom had managed to fit a washer and dryer, one on top of the other. I could almost stand up in it, but Mr. Harvey had to stoop. He'd created a bench along the sides of it by the way he'd dug it out. He immediately sat down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...guess I was thinking that Mr. Harvey was a character, and I liked the room, and it was warm, and I wanted to know how he had built it, what the mechanics of the thing were and where he'd learned to do something like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...time the Gilberts' dog found my elbow three days later and brought it home with a telling corn husk attached to it, Mr. Harvey had closed it up. I was in transit during this. I didn't get to see him sweat it out, remove the wood reinforcement, bag any evidence along with my body parts, except that elbow. By the time I popped up with enough wherewithal to look down at the goings-on on Earth, I was more concerned with my family than anything else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...Harvey asked me if I would like a refreshment. That was how he put it. I said I had to go home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

...Harvey," I said. I swallowed the rest of my Coke, which was a lot, and said, "I got to go, Mr. Harvey. This is a cool place, but I have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: 'The Lovely Bones' | 7/5/2002 | See Source »

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