the dutch tulip man has lots of money and very eccentric ideas about how to treat cancer , but anna thinks this guy might be a con man and possibly not even dutch , and then just as the possibly dutch guy and her mom are about to get married and anna is about to start this crazy new treatment regimen involving wheatgrass and low doses of arsenic , the book ends right in the middle of a i know it 's a very literary decision and everything and probably part of the reason i love the book so much , but there is something to recommend a story that ends .