Noneteen years (WAS Re: What Next for Harry?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 176767

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Zara" <zgirnius at ...> wrote:
>
> > Allie:
> > 
> > I immediately thought JKR was making a little nod to Stephen King 
> with 
> > her "19 years later," since it seemed such an odd, uneven 
number.  
> > (Why not 20 years later?  Or 15?)  
> 
> zgirnius:
> For most of DH, Harry is 18. 19 years later, on Sept. 1, the day we 
are 
> shown, he is 37. This is the age Snape, Lupin, and Peter were, and 
> Lily, James, and Sirius would have been, had they all been alive in 
DH.
> 
> My thought for why it was 19.

Jenni from Alabama responds:

When did Harry have another birthday after leaving the Burrow 
and 'hiding out' with Ron and Hermione? When did he turn eighteen? 
Could you point that out in the book? I'm really curious! I've read 
DH and haven't seen it!

Jenni