Page "The Lovely Bones" Paragraph 36

Sebold, who was raised Episcopalian, intended the heaven to be simplistic in design: " To me, the idea of heaven would give you certain pleasures, certain joys — but it's very important to have an intellectual understanding of why you want those things.

It's also about discovery, and being able to come to the conclusions that elude you in life.

So it's from the most simplistic things — Susie wants a duplex — to larger things, like being able to understand why her mother was always slightly distant from her.