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Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * One woman's searing account of losing her entire family in a tsunami.

"The most exceptional book about grief I've ever read.... As unsparing as they come, but also defiantly flooded with light.... Extraordinary." --Cheryl Strayed, The New York Times Book Review

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century

In 2004, at a beach resort on the coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala and her family--parents, husband, sons--were swept away by a tsunami. Only Sonali survived to tell their tale. This is her account of the nearly incomprehensible event and its aftermath.
SONALI DERANIYAGALA teaches in the Department of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is currently a visiting research scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, New York, working on aspects of post-disaster economic recovery. The author lives in New York.
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ISBN 13 9780345804310
ISBN 10 0345804317
Title Wave
Author Sonali Deraniyagala
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2013-12-31
Number of pages 240
Prizes Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2013
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.