Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24.128.48.147-20140817035628/@comment-172.56.13.59-20170416011854

TFIOS leaves a lot to the reader's speculation. John Green, the author indicated she died about a year after her friend, Gus Waters. *So, early Summer, 2015. So, now that approximate date of her death is settled, a couple things to speculate on instead would be: 1.)  How does her death occur?  And, 2.)  Where do her grieving parents bury her. Both of these could happen in this scenereo:   Hazel's health continues deteriorating over the next several months after the story ends (book or movie, take your pick). Around late March, let's say March 26, she is struggling to breathe, so her parents rush her to the hospital, where they piut her in ICU. She's later downgraded to critical condition. She stabilizes but remains in critical condition. Over the next couple months, she becomes weaker and is moved to a hospice. Her parents visit her daily, bring her flowers, pour out their love to her. One night in late May, she tells her father Gus Waters was the best friend she'd ever had. And that she wants to be buried next to him. Her father promises he'll arrange that to happen, so he sadly goes and buys the plot next to Gus's. A few weeks later, her parents are by her bed, holding her hands (one on each side, as she falls asleep and dies peacefully.  Her father's promise is made when they place her casket on the plot they bought for her.    Her parents fulfil one other promise to their daughter.  They grieve, but they work through it together.  And end up starting a non-profit dedicated to providing emotional support to parents and family of dying teen and adult kids.  This adds a silver lining to a sad story.