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Grief is almost taboo in our culture. So many movies and books talk about finding love after loss, or just fast forward through the years after a death to pick up once they've "recovered." We rarely face loss head on and examine what it makes us think about and feel.
I admire Sonali's ability to convey a sense of the magnitude of her loss after she survives the tsunami and her husband, children, and parents do not. She talks a lot about both repressing and awakening memories of her family. They are gone, but how can you not imagine what they'd do in the situations you find yourself in? How can you not hold on to any little piece of them, while also repressing every thought of them? They are gone, but the spot they take up in her heart and mind is still there.
It's definitely bleak, but I didn't find it oppressive as other reviewers have said. I mean, you can read the back cover and know it's not going to be a happy book. Read it to get an insight to grief and loss and beautiful writing.
I admire Sonali's ability to convey a sense of the magnitude of her loss after she survives the tsunami and her husband, children, and parents do not. She talks a lot about both repressing and awakening memories of her family. They are gone, but how can you not imagine what they'd do in the situations you find yourself in? How can you not hold on to any little piece of them, while also repressing every thought of them? They are gone, but the spot they take up in her heart and mind is still there.
It's definitely bleak, but I didn't find it oppressive as other reviewers have said. I mean, you can read the back cover and know it's not going to be a happy book. Read it to get an insight to grief and loss and beautiful writing.