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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?
Janice Kohl Werner retrieved he house but threw the diamond in to the sea. He replaced it with the silver key because as the diamond and the key were symbolic so …moreWerner retrieved he house but threw the diamond in to the sea. He replaced it with the silver key because as the diamond and the key were symbolic so he showed that what the key symbolized was more important to him (and more important to the author of the story). I felt that it was symbolic of his finding what really mattered in his relationship with Marie-Laure - kindness, caring for one another and that one small act of helping her and her helping him was more important than all the horrible crisis going on around them and what really mattered. The only sanity left. (less)
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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