Upon reading the last part of the novel I was excited because I expected Birdie and Cole to finally reunite (hopefully). I was happy to find that they did infact reunite, however I felt the ending was abrupt and confusing. Now, I have noticed when Birdie talks about “outter body experiences”, but what does this mean? Maybe that since Birdie and Cole are so close that it did not matter how much distance there was, they still could feel each others presence like twins??! However, the last page of the novel talks about Birdie taking a walk and seeing a “cinnamon girl” that resembled herself sand within an instant she disappeared–”She was black like me, a mixed girl, and she was watching me from behind the dirty glass. For a second I thought I was somewhere familiar and she was a girl I already knew. I began to lift my hand, but stopped remembering where I was and what I had already found. Then the bus lurched forward, and the face was gone with it, just a blur of yellow and black in motion” (Senna 413). I believe I have two theories for this: #1. This apparition figure could be Samantha, or #2. It could Birdie’s old self (i,e, Jessie Goldman) and Birdie could be thinking about or envisioning finally putting Jessie Goldman to rest. However, the whole idea of Birdie having outter body experiences, and Cole’s dream of Sandy is quite interesting and I am really not sure what to believe about it. When I got to page 413 i assumed there would be more because I got into it and did not want it to end. I literally said “thats it??@!!” because I wanted to read more about Birdie and Cole’s after life. I am also wondering if there is a part 2?? if there isn’t then there should be! I guess this whole concept makes Danzy Senna very successful because through her the reader can’t put the book down and yearns for more (at least I can say this about myself).
Nice Job Senna!! 
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I did a little research online about the book to see if I could make any other connections and I found this which seemed pretty cool: its a wordle that contains all words related to Caucasia in a sort of mural. Check it out if you have time!
