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What happened to the Sea of Flames stone at the end of the book? Was it still in the sea?
Judy Lindow Let me say this about keys. My father just died at 89 … there was a lot of chaos and discovery towards the end of life. He left me 89 keys - discovere…moreLet me say this about keys. My father just died at 89 … there was a lot of chaos and discovery towards the end of life. He left me 89 keys - discovered in the days between his fall and his dying. Having a key is in someways more exhilarating than having the contents. Yes, the contents had meaning and a story to him, but prior to finding what a key opened it's possibilities were endless ("what you might have been").

I was relieved to see that others had the same question at the end. I went back to read the pages where she leaves the house (in the ocean), the key (with W), and then M finds the key. I think the diamond is in the grotto. The more significant question is why W chose to keep the house rather than the diamond. And this is where the author in some ways leaves it to the reader, as he suggests when characters question why the ending to the novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is unclear.(less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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