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Sonali Deraniyagala left London with her husband and two sons in 2004 for a Christmas holiday in Sri Lanka. On 26 December 2004 the most destructive Tsunami in living history struck the Indian Ocean. While she survived the devastating wave that spinned and hurled her inland for 20 minutes, her parents, her husband and children, Vik and Malli, were all killed. Eight years on, she has written her haunting and moving story. She joins Jane to share her story and discuss how the book helped her memory to slowly function again and allow her to recall her rich life before the tsunami.

‘Wave; a memoir of life after the tsunami’ by Sonali Deraniyagala, published by Virago