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Sonali Deraniyagala
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 ReviewIn 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.
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Author
Sonali Deraniyagala
Pages
240
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published Date
2013-03-05
ISBN
0307962709 9780307962706
Ratings
Google: 5
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"5 word summary: Losing your whole family sucks. I have nothing but admiration and compassion for Sonali Deranyagali, but there's just not enough here to make an engaging book. Great survival stories need at least one of these elements: a dramatic struggle against the elements, or a life changing spiritual/philosophical reawakening. This has neither: the author survived purely by chance, and her path to healing contains no particular revelations. While this is probably realistic, it's simply not interesting."
Lesley Williams
"The story was moving, it took me a little bit to understand the writing style but after it was very interesting and eye opening. Her loss broke my heart and to be honest, I wanted to put the book down but I pushed through and I’m glad I did."
αυтυмη ✨
"I've never cried as much as I did reading this. Definitely sticks with you. "
Kayla <3
