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.

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• Science & MathEarth SciencesNatural Disasters
• Biographies & MemoirsWomen

• Publication Date: March 5, 2013
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• Print Length: 274 Pages
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