Sonali Deraniyagala writes memoir about grief after losing her husband, two sons and parents in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Wave begins with the disaster itself in Sri Lanka and then moves through the years that follow, when memory makes ordinary places, objects and routines difficult to inhabit. Rather than turning quickly towards recovery, Deraniyagala writes closely about rage, disbelief, avoidance and the slow return of specific memories of each family member. The book is compressed, fragmentary and unsentimental, with grief treated as an ongoing condition rather than a problem to be solved. It belongs with bereavement memoir, tsunami accounts, family memoir and literary nonfiction about traumatic loss. Read more Less
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