Closure

In A Fall of the Marigolds, both main characters learn that one cannot continue forward with life until they have properly dealt with - found closure with - the past.

Taryn experiences issues with closure when her husband, Kent, died in the World Trade Center Attacks. Taryn not only lost the marigolds scarf that day in the chaotic aftermath, but she also never got to say goodbye to her husband. Taryn has felt both apprehension and eagerness to find the scarf again because she feels conflicted about it. Finding the scarf would resolve one of the central mysteries of that day.

Towards the end of the novel, Mick Demetrou is able to locate Taryn and tell her that he has the scarf. Seeing Mick offers some closure for Taryn. She is also reunited with the scarf and is ultimately given it by the wealthy customer who...