Lily' sacrifice v James' sacrifice

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 150106

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at ...> wrote:
Jen:
> I'd add to Rebecca's premise and wonder if Lily knew more information 
> than just hoping for the best, if she actually understood that such a 
> sacrifice would protect Harry more completely than she could ever do 
> alive, as well as possibly help Harry defeat LV? <snip>(Somewhere in
the recesses of my mind I'm 
> thinking JKR nixed the suggestion Lily knew, so someone please remind 
> me with the interview if I'm going down the road of unproductive 
> speculation.)

Annemehr:
She talked about it in the Leaky/Mugglenet interview (which is
actually the one that has Alla upset):

http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-1.htm

From the end of Part I:

MA: Did [Lily] know anything about the possible effect of standing in
front of Harry?

JKR: No - because as I've tried to make clear in the series, it never
happened before. No one ever survived before. And no one, therefore,
knew that could happen.