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Synopsis
LET NOT THE WAVES OF THE SEA is Simon Stephenson's account of his journey following the loss of his brother in the Indian Ocean tsunami. If it is a story of grief, it is also a story of hope and of the unexpected places where healing can be found.
Simon's journey takes him from Edinburgh in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, to Downing Street in London, to Thailand and the island where his brother died, to the scene of an ancient tsunami on the north-west coast of the United States, and to the town where he and his brother's favourite childhood film was made. Along the way there is heartbreak, dengue fever, Greek mythology, and hard physical labour in the tropical heat, but there is also memory, redemption and humour as well.
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Beautifully written...punctuated by a cavernous sense of loss (TLS)
'Enviably well written...one perfect sentence after another' (FT)
A fine meditation on what is salvaged from loss. A humane and manly book (Janice Galloway, Scotland on Sunday)
A celebration of brotherly love and the 'testosterone-boiling joy of being teenage boys together" (Sunday Times)
Stephenson has provided the best kind of travelogue: he has walked a fraught path and brought us back a beautifully crafted portrait of bereavement that tells us something new (Sunday Telegraph)
Profoundly moving...it is impossible not to be touched (Observer)
Remarkable...as much a celebration of Dominic's life and the brothers' relationship as it is a lament for his passing (Daily Mail)
Raw and unflinchingly honest...an elegiac tribute of which any sibling would be proud (The Independent)
...there is profound empathy here and, in recognising that the tragedy of Dominic's death was that of a life not fully run, Simon's tribute is both to his brother and to each of the 230,000 souls lost to an unimaginable force of nature (welovethisbook.com)
'Stephenson has written an extraordinary and courageous book, detailing and analysing in a cool, clear voice what it means to lose a loved one. Let Not the Waves... is more than merely a tale of mourning, however; it is a moving exploration of brotherhood and friendship, an uplifting story of a young man coming to terms with life's random cruelty. We read novels because they speak in universals, non-fiction for specifics. Very occasionally a non-fiction work leaps the generic divide and says something that will endure: Let Not the Waves of the Sea is one of those books.' (Alex Preston)
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The world changes when you lose somebody you love.
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1848545584
- ISBN 13 9781848545588
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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