The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold

This is the story of Susie Salmon, like the fish - as Susie would say. She was murdered at the age of 14, by a neighbor. Susie tells this story, following her family and her killer from her own kind of heaven. Susie tells us about her family, their grief, and how everything falls apart in the days, weeks, and years after her death.

The title "The Lovely Bones" actually means something, and it's meaning is what Susie discovers in the years after her death.