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What is the distance between dream and nightmare?
Sri Lankan born, Canadian raised, James shared a dream with most adopted
children – finding his biological parents. The killer wave which devastated Sri
Lanka on Boxing Day of 2004 gave James the impetus and the opportunity to
finally embark on his quest for identity.
Long before nature turned against her, Sri Lanka, Land of Serendipity, had
turned against herself. Her own quest for identity had led her into a hell
where neighbor attacked neighbor and brother killed brother.
The search for his roots led James to Batticaloa in eastern Sri Lanka, once
famed for its singing fish, but today a place synonymous with death and
destruction by man's inhumanity and nature's ferocity. What he did not know was
that forces beyond his control or understanding - the ethnic conflict, the
Karuna Rebellion and the Tigers' practice of child conscription - had already
determined the final outcome of his journey and his own destiny.
In Batticaloa the fishes are singing a song of mourning….
Paperback:
108 pages
Publisher:
Wasteland Press (February 2006)
Language:
English
ISBN:
1933265868
Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.3 inches
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