Lily?

[unicorn_72]

No: HPFGUIDX 131768

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, heather the buzzard 
<tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:
> I just read this quote from JKR, which I hadn't personally read 
before:
> 
> Now, the - the important thing about Harry's mother - the really, 
really 
> significant thing - you're going to find out in two - in two 
parts. 
> You'll find out a lot more about her in book five, or you'll find 
out 
> something very significant about her in book five, and you'll find 
out 
> something incredibly important about her in book seven.
> 
> I presume that this quote is the origin of the question "What is 
Lily's 
> Big Secret?" 
> 
> But, it left me wondering -- what "very significant" thing did we 
learn 
> about her in book 5?  The only thing I really recall was that DD 
spelled 
> out in more detail the 'old magic' her sacrifice left in Harry.  
But 
> that's not really telling us anything *about her*.  Other things, 
like 
> that she belonged to the Order and had 'thrice defied' LV, also 
apply to 
> James, and to others as well in fact.  And they're not really all 
that 
> *surprising* things heh.
> 
> Am I forgetting something, or did JKR change tack along the way?
> 
> heather the buzzard

KarentheUnicorn's Reply:

The only other thing I can remember about Lily in Book 5(OOTP) is 
the pensive memory where she helped Snape...I don't know where else 
she is featured so vividly in the book. We actually get to see her 
doing something there, even if it is Snape's memory, so, maybe thats 
what JKR meant??

Karen