pickI finished this book in about 8 hours! I like how Joyce Magnin writes, and how she tells the story of her childhood, and what it was like in her family, when her brother went MIA. This story is relatable, and it kept me wanting to read more to find out what was going to happen.
pickMaking sense of the unimaginable, natural disasters, struggling with what can be real, remembering, enduring love, details, grief, survivor‘s guilt, haunting, rebuilding a life. Deraniyagala‘s family killed in 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka. 2013
P198 “It still seems far-fetched, my story, even to me. Everyone vanishing an instant, me spinning out from that mud, what is this, some kind of myth? Even now I cannot mouth those words ‘They are all dead.‘“
pickReading this was hard since I just recently lost my dad.. BUT it drew me in right from the get go and I think that loosing my dad was part of the reason why. I felt the grief and anger Sidney felt-although for different reasons. When it got to the secrets of June, it hit home as well because I‘ve been there and so many loved ones have been as well. #abuse #death #manipulation #gaslight #LGBTQ+ #teens #love #loss #friends #family
It‘s poetry. A love letter. It‘s words to balm an aching soul, words that helped me survive. It‘s a story of magic and depth and grief. It‘s a topic we don‘t tolerate well enough.
I would be honored, to have a few poetry lovers and mothers pick this up. My audience is small but I hope it reaches those who need it. ✨
Saltwater by CordeliaGrey Oriana Allen
Available on Amazon
#poetry #grief #loss #motherhood #magic #ocean #author #love #saltwater
• I know this one is going to break my heart. I just hope it puts it back together. •
#nonfiction #memoirs #celebrity #childhood #family #loss #tragedy
pickShort but heartbreaking. I can‘t imagine the loss Deraniyagala endured.
#ReadtheWorld2025 #SriLanka
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