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"On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since.
Sonali Deraniyagala (born 1964) is a Sri Lankan memoirist and economist. [1] She serves as a lecturer in Economics at the SOAS South Asia Institute. She considers Joan Didion and Michael Ondaatje her favourite literary heroes.
This week, Alegra and Erin are covering Sonali Deraniyagala's "Wave," the tragic true story of loss and grief. There may not be a "right way" to grieve, but there IS a right way to speak to someone who experienced loss, and the Sad Girls are absolutely breaking it down.
Dec 31, 2014 · Sonali Deraniyagala left London with her husband and two sons in 2004 for a Christmas holiday in Sri Lanka. On 26 December 2004 the most destructive Tsunami in living history struck the Indian...
Jun 19, 2013 · Lecturer Sonali Deraniyagala describes how she was on holiday with her family in Sri Lanka when the 2004 tsunami struck. She was the only survivor.
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