Wave
Registered by tabby-cat-owner of Bellingham, Washington USA on 10/27/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
One of The New York Times's 10 Best Books of the Year, a Christian Science Monitor Best Nonfiction Book, a Newsday Top 10 Books pick, a People magazine Top 10 pick, a Good Reads Best Book of the Year, and a Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book
A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
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.
A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist
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.
A beautifully-written book that intricately weaves the story of the wave and how the author lost her family, how she dealt with this incomprehensible loss and the story of the beautiful life that she had before her family was taken from her.
Journal Entry 3 by tabby-cat-owner at a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Friday, April 22, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (4/22/2016 UTC) at a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book has been mailed to eponine38 of Winchester, Massachusetts. I believe that I tagged her with this book awhile ago.
I am sorry that I took so long to read this book, eponine38.
I am sorry that I took so long to read this book, eponine38.
Thank you, tabby-cat-owner! I look forward to reading it. It looks interesting, though of course very sad.
Thanks also for the magnetic butterfly bookmark!
Thanks also for the magnetic butterfly bookmark!
An amazing and heartbreaking account of grief in all its stages and facets...from, at first, not wanting to think about her deceased loved ones, or to see anything related to them, to finally - after several years of pain - wanting all the reminders she can find, both in tangible objects and in memories. Beautifully written.
One surprising and disturbing section was Ms. Deraniyagala's account of her efforts to terrorize a Dutch family who has rented her parents' home in Sri Lanka, by means of middle-of-the-night phone calls and worse. While this seems so greatly out of character for her, it also shows what grief can do to a person. How dare someone else live there, now that her parents have died in such a terrible way?
Compelling and highly recommended!
One surprising and disturbing section was Ms. Deraniyagala's account of her efforts to terrorize a Dutch family who has rented her parents' home in Sri Lanka, by means of middle-of-the-night phone calls and worse. While this seems so greatly out of character for her, it also shows what grief can do to a person. How dare someone else live there, now that her parents have died in such a terrible way?
Compelling and highly recommended!
Journal Entry 6 by 
eponine38
at Little Free Library #11753 - 56 Middlesex Tpke in Burlington, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, August 30, 2016
eponine38 at Little Free Library #11753 - 56 Middlesex Tpke in Burlington, Massachusetts USA on Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (8/30/2016 UTC) at Little Free Library #11753 - 56 Middlesex Tpke in Burlington, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Left in the LFL at about 2:30. Hope someone will enjoy it!
Released for Leap Into the Wild Challenge hosted by AlterEgoZoe.
Released for Keep Them Moving Challenge hosted by booklady331.
Released for 2016 One Word Challenge hosted by booklady331.
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Released for Leap Into the Wild Challenge hosted by AlterEgoZoe.
Released for Keep Them Moving Challenge hosted by booklady331.
Released for 2016 One Word Challenge hosted by booklady331.
DEAR FINDER,
Welcome to BookCrossing!
Please make a journal entry so we know this book has found a new home.You don't need to join BookCrossing and you can remain completely anonymous. However, we encourage you to join so that you can follow this book's future travels. (You’ll receive an email anytime someone makes a journal entry). It's fun, free, and confidential. If you decide to join, consider listing eponine38 as referring you.
Take your time reading the book, and after you finish, please make another journal entry to record your thoughts about it. This book is now yours, and you can keep it if you choose, though we would love for you to share it. If you pass it along, please make a release note to let others know where you left it “in the wild”, or a journal entry if you gave/sent it to a known person.
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