"Hanrahan’s lively and moving account dramatically recreates the lives of people who survived that fatal day."
Canadian Book Review Annual

"Author Maura Hanrahan tells this remarkable tale with compassion and power..."
Halifax Chronicle Herald

"The author has a gift of fluency and expression almost as if she experienced the events firsthand."
The Labrador City Aurora

"Tsunami includes panic and heroism. There are outbursts of grief and outreaches of astonishing generosity. Hanrahan delivers a gripping story in a crisp, straightforward manner."
The St. John's Telegram

"(Tsunami) is sure to become a provincial classic."
Judges' remarks, Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards

"Tsunami artfully carries the reader to the south coast outport communities that were ravaged...The stories are all the richer for the fascinating context Hanrahan supplies." 
New Glasgow Evening News

"Tsunami offers a poignant account of this singular, sad event." 
Atlantic Books Today

"All told, Maura Hanrahan gently, and with grace, provides us with a foundation for remembrance and pride." 
The Downhomer