A review by tonyfrobisher
Kiss of the Tsunami by Rachel Rivers Porter

5.0

A beautifully written story that captures the tragedy of the Boxing Day Tsunami and the hopelessness that so many endured, the indiscriminate loss of life, the devastation of communities. But at the heart of the story are important contrasts, bringing the relatively unknown plight of the Moken people, the sea gypsies into focus as their culture is eroded and marginalised in the face of development and modern day society and the tourist dollar in Thailand. And the contrasts between a young Moken boy and an English girl, caught up in the tsunami and brought together in the most challenging of circumstances.
Where tragedy casts its dark shadow, kindness shines the light of hope.