Wave A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami

In her unflinching writing you live through the horror and despair, but also feel her self-generated repair and the promise of survival Harriet Walter The Week

"An amazing, beautiful book." --Joan Didion, author of "The Year of Magical Thinking """Wave" is a haunting chronicle of love and horrifying loss. The heartfelt writing manages to render the absence of the loved ones--the void, and the pain of it--in such a beautiful way that what was lost emerges as a new life form, one whose flesh and sinew are memory, sorrow, and undying love." --Abraham Verghese, author of "Cutting for Stone
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"An indelible and unique story of loss and resolution written with breathtaking refinement and courage . . . In rinsed-clear language, Deraniyagala describes her ordeal, surreal rescue, and deep shock, attaining a Didionesque clarity and power. We hold tight to every exquisite sentence as, with astounding candor and precision, she tracks subsequent waves of grief . . . But here, too, are sustaining tides of memories that enable her to vividly, even joyfully, portray her loved ones." --"Booklist" "Out of unimaginable loss comes an unimaginably powerful book. "Wave" is unflinching as it charts the depths of grief, but it's also, miraculously, a beautifully detailed meditation on the essence of happiness. I came away from this stunning book with a new appreciation of life's daily gifts. I urge you to read "Wave." You will not be the same person after you've finished." --Will Schwalbe, author of "The End of Your Life Book Club
" "The most powerful and haunting book I have read in years . . . Sonali Deraniyagala has brought back to life in this stunning memoir all those she lost, so much so that we will never forget them or their lives." --Michael Ondaatje, author of "The English Patient
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"A devastating but ultimately redemptive memoir . . . The craft and control reflect an exceptional literary command . . . Excellent. Reading Deraniyagala's account proves almost as cathartic as writing it must have been." --"Kirkus Reviews "(starred) "Rarely are we given a story of such narrative force and poetic simpli