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Date Posted: 14:09:51 09/05/09 Sat
Author: CindyS
Subject: Chapter 76 - The Stardust Sea & Chapter 77: The Lost Boy

And so we come to the end of an emotional week - well for me it was. I've been struggling with this last chapter for most of today simply because I don't think I was ready to say goodbye to Lawrence. And I leave with two photos of Vega as I found it fitting for both chapters.

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Chapter 76 - The Stardust Sea

Pamela contemplates the current seasonal changes - summer to fall to winter. She watches and listens to Casey give Lawrence an astronomy lesson that speaks of more than just stars. Lawrence tells Casey “I wonder how I can matter at all when the universe is so big.” Casey tells him that we are a small part living within a larger and therefore will always be alive in some way “an’ yet maybe the things that happen to us day by day need not be so big nor matter to us quite so much.” With Lawrence asleep Casey calls Pamela over to watch a luminescent owl cross in flight. He notes that to give such light and beauty as it dies is a gift.

- Is there comfort in the constant cycle of seasonal changes? What do these changes mean to you?
- Ever felt like Lawrence does? When, why?
- Does Casey’s explanation have a more significant meaning to Lawrence? To Pamela & himself?
- Is there significance in the figure of the owl and what Casey says?


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Chapter 77: The Lost Boy

Pamela awakes from a horrible nightmare. While the character has no face she immediately asks about Lawrence. She insists on coming with Casey to look for him. They go directly to a hotel that Jones apparently takes boys to. They discover a very grim scene and a lifeless Lawrence. Casey covers the boy and declares “I have failed him. I have put him here.” Pamela crawls onto the bed and cuddles the lifeless boy and claims “I’ll not have him alone right now.” Casey goes for the police while Pamela looks upon Lawrence’s life with them – shelter, trust, love and how for some abandoned children maybe life’s cruelties are insurmountable. Comparing Lawrence to one of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys she tells him all is right now and nothing can stop him “Just remember…it’s the second star from the right and straight on to morning.”

- Was Pamela having Lawrence’s dream of the faceless man or something else?
- Were you surprised that Casey knew right where to look for Lawrence?
- Could you have stayed so calm in discovering Lawrence?
- Do you think Casey played a role in Lawrence’s death? Pamela? Jamie?
- Is Pamela’s desire to be close to Lawrence at this moment for him, for her?
- Do you agree with Pamela’s assessment that some “lost children” can never find peace?
- I love the closing line of this chapter. There’s a sense of closure for Lawrence laced with peace and hope that I find fitting. What is your feeling about the ending and Pamela’s last words?
- Any final feelings about Lawrence that you'd like to share?

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