Have read it several times. Each time I pray for a different ending, they're going to live, grow up, But it always ends the same, later on I remember her hopeful thoughts. I have admired Anne and her story since I first learned of her in 1959 and I will continue to do so. In today's difficult times one can still feel a tiny bit of optimism from her writing. We can hope like like she did. Bless her.