Just saw this movie and loved it; the acting was superb, scenery and costumes were perfect. I have never read the book, so I didn't know what the ending would be. I was happy that she returned to New York and I think that the nosy shop owner was the wakeup call she needed so she would realize that she really didn't want to stay in her hometown in Ireland. I am confused about one thing though, so hopefully someone can set me straight. Did her sister die of an illness or suicide? When the mother found her on the floor her head was near the heater and I thought maybe she gassed herself. And the sister did seem a bit jealous and sad about her younger sister's good fortune in New York, because she knew she was stuck in Ireland with her mother to take care of. But, later on the mother told someone she died of her "sickness". So I wasn't clear if she had killed herself and the mother and priest just covered it up, or it really was an illness. Anyone??