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I have a question to throw out there:
People talk alot about closure with mysteries. Do you think knowing the truth gave Jenny closure? How would you react?
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I do think it gave Jenny some sense of closure. She struck me as a very strong person anyway (even with the panic attacks), which I think she got from her grandparents. Even though she had to deal with the anger she had felt at her mother thinking she had left by choice all those years before, by finding out the truth, I think it also probably gave her some peace, knowing that her mother had not just "left".
How would I react? Hmmmmm. To be perfectly honest - I have absolutely no idea!!
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I think that there are still issues to work through, especially when so many years passed. All the worrying, being angry, sad, longing for, etc........ Now there is the reprocessing of all those feelings and thoughts replacing with what they know happened to her mother versus what she had thought all those years and what her grandparents died believing. I think something like this would always be with you in some form.......closure?????
It was wierd to imagine which would be worse...thinking you were abandoned or realizing that someone had died a tragic death.
And, about those diamonds. I would have conveniently palmed a few or dropped them where I knew I could find them. I CAN'T BELIEVE she chucked them all!!!
Oh yeah!!! That blew me away!!! If she didn't want them, she could have used them to set up some sort of scholarship or charity fund or something. That was my thought when she chucked them.
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Oh yeah!!! That blew me away!!! If she didn't want them, she could have used them to set up some sort of scholarship or charity fund or something. That was my thought when she chucked them.
Yeah...kind-of like the end of Titanic. Let's make a pact between us. If any book club members feel the need to chuck some expensive gems, just mail them to me, OK?
Speaking of Closure: Stickie removal day will be June 5
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At the risk of sounding stupid.................Which book is the next one?
I'm sorry! I should have told you! I believe the next one is Dockside.
If you order it from Eagle Harbor Book Co., you can get Susan Wiggs to sign it, and she will throw in some sort of surprises too! I got lots of surprises! It was so much fun to open the package! I ordered the whole series signed. The # for Eagle Harbor is 206 842-5332
People talk alot about closure with mysteries. Do you think knowing the truth gave Jenny closure? How would you react?
I do think it gave her some closure - knowing that her mom had not just left for no reason but it will take some time to process all those years she spent wondering/waiting/being angry with her for leaving.
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Yeah...kind-of like the end of Titanic. Let's make a pact between us. If any book club members feel the need to chuck some expensive gems, just mail them to me, OK?
Sounds like a good plan !
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Who would be interested in moving on to the next book in the series?
Count me in too!
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At the risk of sounding stupid.................Which book is the next one?
Not a silly question - I wondered too - I couldn't figure it out from the list in the book.
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OK, I'll be contacting Susan Wiggs soon to do that interview so we can learn more about how Walt Disney influenced her writing.
I thought it would be fun to make it a group project, so please post any questions you'd like me to ask her regarding Disney.
I think that would be a fun way to end this part of the discussion.
I'm wondering what aspect of Disney got her interested in Disney enough to use it in her writing. For some people it was the TV show, or the movies or the theme parks.
For me, my grandparents taking me to Disneyland every year for my birthday got me hooked on Disney. Now I love it all but that was my first Disney memory.
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