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It took days for the bodies of her parents and oldest son to be found. Mar 15, 20 sonali deraniyagala, author of the powerful memoir wave, talks about her writing process. Wave book charlotte mecklenburg library bibliocommons. Can you talk about the process of writing the book. Her strength enabled her to drive herself forward in her life. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and. Sonali and the 60yearold irish actress fiona married in 2018. Mar 12, 20 the book opens and we are inside the wave. The book opens as the tsunami is approaching and deraniyagala and her family attempt to outrun it. Deraniyagala later relocated to new york where she became a visiting research scholar at columbia university. Sonali deraniyagala is a sri lankan memoirist and economist.
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