Harry leaving Privet Drive

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 93612

Kimberly:
<snip> I don't foresee him having the time or even the thought to go
to Godric's Hollow (unless perhaps the need arises) until perhaps the
7th book. I don't see him defeating Voldemort and then the book
ending. I imagine we'll get either more information, a chapter or so
of closing finality, "what will happen now, what did this all mean",
etc. from JKR.

Carol:
There will definitely be an epilogue. Here's an excerpt from an online
article that talks about it:

"In a revealing interview for the BBC, JK Rowling has said that she
has already written the last chapter of the final Harry Potter book,
and that some of the boy wizard's adventures to come will make for
distressing reading.

"The billionaire author reveals that she has already decided the fate
of all the major characters, and hints that some could be killed off.
The programme, to go out tonight on BBC1, shows Rowling holding the
final chapter of the series to the camera and saying "this is it, and
I'm not opening it for obvious reasons."

"Describing the chapter, she says, 'this really wraps everything, it's
the epilogue and I basically say what happens to everyone after they
leave school, those who survive. . . .'" 

So we definitely will find out "what will happen now," but I certainly
hope she won't answer your other question, "what did all this mean?"
That's for us, as readers, to determine (based on canon, of course).
If an author's view of what her book means were the final word,
literary critics would be out of business and groups like ours would
have to disband because there would be nothing more to say! :-)

Carol