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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
Hi kansaskyle and welcome to the Club!
My feeling about the ending was just that she was (as I think it said in the text in connection with her music) moving away from Maurice and being herself rather than his wife and then his widow. I think she just wanted to feel attractive for herself, rather than for someone else.
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There is that interesting bit with Fiona's suitor; I thought the author did a great job with that.
"On those nights when Paul and Fiona eventually left together to go to a lounge bar or a dance, Nora found herself sitting alone almost content. She had enjoyed his company and it was clear, she saw, that he had enjoyed talking to her too."
Then she buys a new dress and decides to wear it at home: "Having put it on, she sat at the mirror and brushed her hair and looked through her make-up bag, finding a light mascara and a black eye-liner. When she heard a car, she went to the window to see who it was and, on
seeing it was just two of the neighbours, she went downstairs and made herself a cup of tea and put on some music."
That's when Fiona decides that Paul won't be visiting the house anymore.