Wave
A Memoir
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4.2 • 284 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • One woman's searing account of losing her entire family in a tsunami.
“The most exceptional book about grief I’ve ever read.... As unsparing as they come, but also defiantly flooded with light.... Extraordinary.” —Cheryl Strayed, The New York Times Book Review
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century
In 2004, at a beach resort on the coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala and her family—parents, husband, sons—were swept away by a tsunami. Only Sonali survived to tell their tale. This is her account of the nearly incomprehensible event and its aftermath.
Customer Reviews
Stunning
Moving portrait of grief
So Brave
Well done. The pace and the details were just right. The lives fascinating. Every aspect of this experience was pretty clearly described, and not overly dramatized. It felt like this is the only way she could relay it. But I’m not entirely sure if she held back or I did in evoking my full emotions. Maybe both. She definitely has my utmost compassion and respect.
Very moving
Beautifully written book about loss and how trauma affects memory. Incredible story.