Gail Poag Smith asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:
What happened to the Sea of Flames stone at the end of the book? Was it still in the sea?
Maureen Schoolman when marie is in the grotto, kneeling down at the water, she asks werner whether "it's" in the water, says it has to be in the water. she asks for his…morewhen marie is in the grotto, kneeling down at the water, she asks werner whether "it's" in the water, says it has to be in the water. she asks for his visual confirmation more than once after she placed it in the water. when she left and gave him the key and he went back in, perhaps to be with her in a way, and i think at that point the house had washed back up into the grotto. i believe he put the diamond back in the water because that's what she wanted... but took the little house with the key to have a piece of her forever. i just finished the book tonite and it's almost 3:00 a.m. and i can't sleep. the book is too much with me.... so very intense, sad, so so sad.(less)
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