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So, what really happened to the diamond? Was it answered and I missed it, or was it left up to the reader to guess?
Rhonda I've finally read this beautifully haunting book and it left me wondering what happened to the Sea of Flames diamond as well. Werner went back to the …moreI've finally read this beautifully haunting book and it left me wondering what happened to the Sea of Flames diamond as well. Werner went back to the grotto after he watched Marie-Laure walk into the distance with her white pillowcase held high. It sounded like a literal release of her time in hiding, a mental release of his military suppression, and finally an unassuming release of the stones' hold on her father by Werner's act of honor of placing the left-behind stone back in the ocean based on Marie-Laure asking confirmation the little house was, in fact, in the ocean. The grotto was used in years past to contain the large breed of dogs that would be released at night to protect the city. By "luck, good or bad" the choice to release the stone in the grotto, returning to the earth and water, satisfied what curse there may be and possibly replace the gatekeeper/bull mastiff dogs that once protected the city, the stones new keeper.(less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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