In the final chapters of the book Lily finds out the truth about her mother. Lily hates her mother for leaving her behind when she did. She cannot believe her own mother would do such a think to her. Lily says she will never forgive her for what she did. All these years she thought that T. Ray was lying when he said that her mother left her behind. I think that is why it hurt so much when August broke the news to her.
After finding out the truth Lily cannot stand to be with anyone. She needed to be alone. She spent many days out along the river just thinking about everything. No matter how hard she tried she could not get over the fact that her only mother had left her. She never thought that she would ever be able to forgive her mother for what she had done.
Being abandoned as a child is probably the hardest thing to cope with. Even though it was so long ago for Lily and she never knew until her teen years. She never really knew her mother and now she finds out that the mother she never really knew left her behind as a baby. If I were in Lily's situation I do not know how I would really get over something like that. I would try my best to forget about it because there is nothing she can do about it now. Even though it hurts more than ever, she just needs to move on in life and realize that what she has now with her new family is the best thing she could ever ask for. Lily has something better than just one mother, she has three. August, June, and Rosaleen are all she needs to be happy.
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I agree. Sometimes it can be very hard to forgive someone. I also agree that she does need to move on in her life. As hard as it sounds, it's for the better. If she continues to dwell in the past about her mother then she's not realizing how great she has it with her new family.
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