Questions for the Author

    I have many questions for Jhumpa Lahiri due to the fact that the end of her novel is so frustrating!!! I loved her book and it was so well written but why did she have to make Kaushik die. It is just so frustrating and I do understand that these are real stories, but could she have at least left out the part of Kaushik drowning by the tsunami. So Jhumpa Lahiri I am left with these questions...
   Why do you make part two of your book seem like it is written in the format of letters or is that just me? I wonder if it is in order to make the readers feel like they are reading directly from the hands of the writer, in this case Hema and Kaushik. This format makes the readers feel like they are directly in the storyline and it helps to immerse the readers, me especially in this case, because I feel as though I can have a better understanding of the plot and the characters when I read a story in first-person perspective, event though there tends to be bias. So again in conclusion to this question I wonder was it just my interpretation that part two seemed to be letter format or was that done on purpose?
   Why does Kaushik have to die? I seriously do not understand this ending because Kaushik and Hema were supposed to end up together! I understand that it is a true story, but come on for the sake of heartbreak leave out the sad ending. I just wish that Kaushik could have lived and that in the end Hema would have realized that she made a mistake in marrying a man she barely knew and that she would run to Kaushik in Thailand and live with him in Hong Kong. It was just so unfortunate that they did not end up together, so I ask why not just leave out Kaushik's death and allow the readers to imagine themselves what happened to the star-crossed lovers, so to speak.
   I am left with many more questions for Jhumpa Lahiri, but I am so frustrated beyond words that I cannot find the words. The ending of the book was just a complete disappointment for me because I thought that Kaushik and Hema were destined for each other, but instead Lahiri's story took an unexpected turn and left me in tears.