NATIONAL BESTSELLER âĒÂ A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST âĒ One woman's searing account of losing her entire family in a tsunami.Â
âThe most exceptional book about grief Iâve ever read.... As unsparing as they come, but also defiantly flooded with light.... Extraordinary.â âCheryl Strayed, The New York Times Book Review
In 2004, at a beach resort on the coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala and her familyâparents, husband, sonsâwere 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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