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Outlook: The 2004 Tsunami: Living With My Loss

Sonali Deraniyagala

19/06/2013

The 2004 Tsunami: Living With My Loss

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Lecturer Sonali Deraniyagala lost her husband, her two sons and her parents in the tsunami

Lecturer Sonali Deraniyagala's moving story of how she survived the 2004 tsunami but lost her entire family.

Lecturer Sonali Deraniyagala describes how she was on holiday with her family in Sri Lanka when the 2004 tsunami struck. She was the only survivor. She has confronted her loss through her book called Wave: A Memoir of Life After the Tsunami. 

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(Image: Sonali Deraniyagala by Ann Billingsley)

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