This is a very well put together ending. You do an amazing job of replicating the contrast between susie and mrs ellerton, and manage to bring both characters all the way to the end maintaining the balance between them.

i really like you you brought the story back around, and it became about the horrors of war, the way it hits someone, seeing it for the first time, and the urge death creates for life. Some beautiful turns of phrase in here.

The actual story you tell works so well, the oblivious way in which she touches susies life, providing a wider context, and forcing her to think about things. Also, really love the implication she could have told this 'untold' story many times over, and just forgot. So many fantastic little touches in here, a very well rounded off ending, exceptionally deserving of the curie!