Oh my goodness. That was definitely not was I was expecting. But what a great ending! Leaves you hanging- did Izzy 'kill' Mr. Sands, or did Grace?
The book really raised some questions in my mind. Why didn't Mr. Sands have a legal document stating he didn't want to be on life support, instead of asking his wife to end his life, then asking Grace when she refused? Should the hospital have asked his wife about his wishes beforehand? Is what Grace and Izzy did criminal? If caught, they could conceivably be called murderers and be tried, convicted and sent to prison. But was it really taking a life, if Mr. Sands was ready to die?
Some people will probably be mad at me for saying this, but in this specific instance, I think that both women did the right thing. Mr. Sands' quality of life was extremely poor and continuing to decline. He was ready to go, and probably should have been in hospice care, at least at the end of the book.
I found it really creative how the bubbles in the pancakes Grace made mirrored the ups and downs of her mood and helped tell her story.When she was happy, they were light and joyful; when she was going through tough times, she said,
....I get the strangest feeling that the bubbles won't rise to the surface today. It almost seems like the atmosphere here's too heavy to support them, as if their lightness would be offensive.
But then all of a sudden and out of nowhere, one bubbles up.
And then another.
And then four more bubbles cluster at the edge of one of the pancakes. As each bursts into the world, unaffected by anything that's come before or will happen after, the bubbles take their privileged moments in time.
Even when bad things happen, life goes on. The world keeps turning.
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