dawnstough 's review for:

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

3.0

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A melancholic memoir of a mother/wife/daughter who lost her family in the 2004 Sri Lanka Tsunami. While on vacation at a beach resort in Sri Lanka with her mother, father, husband and two sons the tsunami struck dragging them all into it's waves, killing all but her. You will feel as if you're reading her personal diary. The book is so overwhelmingly honest...sentimental and heart breaking. Courageous living doesn't always look like big moments or dynamic demonstrations...sometimes courage is just moving from one minute to the next in the face of searing grief and loneliness.