sunny_reader_girl 's review for:

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

5.0

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This is a moving book, written from a place of courage and determination I can not fathom. Sonali Deraniyagala has written a powerful tribute to her sons, Vik and Malli, her husband, Steve, and her parents, all of whom died in the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka on December 24, 2004. The book is both memorial to the life Sonali lost as well as, as I imagine it, a therapeutic journey through her grief and pain. I honestly feel there are no words I can type to "critique" or "review" this book, because of the huge amount of respect I have for Sonali for writing it. Besides, it is beautifully written. As I said, the courage it must have taken to write this book, bringing back memories good and bad as well as knowing the public would now be privy to her
innermost thoughts (and judgemental as a consequence) takes tremendous strength. This book broke my heart while making it soar at the same time.