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Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala — WisdomDeck honest review
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Wave

by Sonali Deraniyagala

She lost her husband, two sons and parents in the 2004 tsunami. A memoir of unimaginable loss, written with terrible precision.

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  1. Survival is not a choice at first.
  2. Memory becomes the task.
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