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 ReviewA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyIn 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.
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 ReviewA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the CenturyIn 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.