Neel Post 3

I think Sue Monk Kidd leaves the ending the way she did to leave us wondering what comes next. It seems more of the ending of a chapter in Lily's life then the end of her story. This leaves us wondering what will come next. Will she grow up to become the owner of the bees? Will she end up marrying Zach? Will T-Ray come back one day? The author leaves these questions for us to answer as to let us end the story how we think it should end. It also leaves room for her to come back later and write a sequel if she wanted. There is a world of possibilities of what could happen next and the author wanted to leave all of those possibilities open in our minds