Stephenson, S: Let Not the Waves of the Sea

'Enviably well written ...one perfect sentence after another' -- FT 'Like William Styron's moving memoir of depression, Darkness Visible, there is profound empathy here' -- welovethisbook.com 'A fine meditation on what is salvaged from loss. A humane and manly book' -- Janice Galloway, Scotland on Sunday '[A] moving and honest account...the book contains countless heartbreaking moments' -- Sunday Times 'A beautifully crafted portrait of bereavement that tells us something new about the landscape, people, customs and hardship that he encountered along the way' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Profoundly moving...it is impossible not to be touched' -- Observer 'As much a celebration of Dominic's life and the brothers' relationship as it is a lament for his passing' -- Daily Mail 'An immensely moving, truthful and honest elegy. Stephenson has created something extraordinary' -- Neel Mukherjee 'An extraordinary and courageous book' -- Alex Preston 'Remarkable... seldom will you find grief anatomised quite so acutely and honestly' -- John Preston, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'A remarkably moving and compelling read. The travelogue and biography is a celebration of his brother's life and deals courageously with the journey to understand his death in the Asian tsunami on Ko Phi Phi' -- Andrew Dixon, Scotland on Sunday