Sonali's memoir is a heartbreaking story, but her eventual healing shows a brave woman who understands the true meaning of survival and love of family. Just have the tissues close by. ~ Katherine
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
52 Weeks 52 Books / Week Ending May 6, 2013
WAVE by Sonali Deraniyagala
Just after Christmas in 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala was the sole family survivor of the tsunami that followed a 9.1 earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean. More than 230,000 people lost their lives that day, including Sonali's husband, her two young sons, and her parents. Sonali was found battered and dazed, but alive after the waves receded, and in this soul-searching memoir, she describes the absolute horror and devastating loss, grief and overwhelming guilt that followed over the next days, months and years. Her extended family watched over her, as she attempted suicide and tried to numb her pain with alcohol and drugs. She was devastated by memories that confronted her everywhere--her home in London, her parent's home, and eventually in Sri Lanka where the hotel they stayed in once stood. She raged at the renters who took over her family home, after her brother rented it out against her wishes. At first her memories are too painful, but over time, as she revisited family sites and remembered the things she loved about her husband, children and parents, and shared memories with other family and friends, she is able to remember her family, honestly and lovingly.
Sonali's memoir is a heartbreaking story, but her eventual healing shows a brave woman who understands the true meaning of survival and love of family. Just have the tissues close by. ~ Katherine
Sonali's memoir is a heartbreaking story, but her eventual healing shows a brave woman who understands the true meaning of survival and love of family. Just have the tissues close by. ~ Katherine
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Hiss and Hers (Agatha Raisin, Bk 23)
Author: M.C. Beaton
This is the 23rd Agatha Raisin and I still enjoy this series. The mysteries are great and the characters are like old friends.
If only the bossy, beloved Agatha Raisin were as lucky at finding the right man as she is at catching killers in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling mystery series Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of everyone's favorite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever—armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love—again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will do anything to get her man—including footing the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. And then George doesn't even show up. Only partly deterred, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike. Rising to the occasion, Agatha rallies her little detective agency to find the killer, only to learn that George had quite a complicated love life. But murderously complicated? Well, if she can't have George, at least Agatha can have the satisfaction of confronting the other women and solving the crime. With Hiss & Hers, once again, "M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery" (The New York Times Book Review) in the irresistible adventures of the irrepressible Agatha.
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