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WAVE
by Deraniyagala, Sonali
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307962695
- ISBN 13
- 9780307962690
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2013. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Book has former owner name on endpaper and slight wrinkle to lower front corner and front spine heel edge. Soft blue binding is clean and unmarked, tight & solid binding, square. On the moringi of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. An engrossing, unsentimental, beautiful account of this tragedy and the reality afterwards that she cannot face and cannot deny. 228 pages. 4.5 x 7.5 inches. 2013, Alfred A Knopf, New York.
Synopsis
Sonali Deraniyagala teaches in the Department of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is currently a visiting research scholar at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, New York, working on issues of economic development, including post-disaster recovery.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026104
- Title
- WAVE
- Author
- Deraniyagala, Sonali
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0307962695
- ISBN 13
- 9780307962690
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 12mo - over 6?" - 7?"
- Keywords
- SRI LANKA INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI BEREAVEMENT SANALI FAMILY DEATH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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