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In “Wave” Sonali Deraniyagala recounts how she and her family fell victim to the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, one of the deadliest natural disasters ever. She takes us into those frenzied moments when water engulfed them all and claimed both her parents, her husband and two sons in an instant.
In writing down her memories - to cope with what befell her - she not only offers us a look into the excrutiating journey of lastig grief that ensued, but also into the life they led before the tsunami hit and swept so many lives away.
It makes one question why grief hits us all differently, yet proves to be such a universal feeling. How do we cope when grief comes knocking, both as jindividuals and as a society?
In writing down her memories - to cope with what befell her - she not only offers us a look into the excrutiating journey of lastig grief that ensued, but also into the life they led before the tsunami hit and swept so many lives away.
It makes one question why grief hits us all differently, yet proves to be such a universal feeling. How do we cope when grief comes knocking, both as jindividuals and as a society?
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent
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Heartbreaking memoir on her grief after losing her family
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Sonali, her husband Steve, their 2 sons, and her parents are vacationing in Sri Lanki at their favorite beachside hotel on their yearly Christmas vacation... until tragedy struck.
A tidal wave came in and wiped out the entire coastal area. Thousands of people died, including Sonali's entire family.
This book is 9 chapters spanning the 7 years of Sonali coming to terms with who she was as a mom and wife and who she has to be now. How to live a life she doesn't believe she should be living since she lost her family.
You should have tissues for at least 2/3 of this book.
dark
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informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced