Sri Lanka in the aftermath of the war. Six young people from very different backgrounds are destined to meet in the tiny seaside town of Unawatuna – a few miles away from the iconic Galle Fort. Orinth dreams of writing the perfect novel and Kanishka of bringing ethnic harmony to his country now recovering from the ravages of war. sanith just wants to live in peace in the place he calls home. Over the next few months, their lives are destined to meet in quite unforeseen ways, under the dark clouds of a turbulent past.

Aditha Dissanayake brings to this story all the warmth and power of insight that characterized her best-selling first novel, “Somewhere in the Green Hills”.

‘When a cloud Left the Sky’ is filled with the magic of her writing, capturing with heartwarming clarity the moods of men and women of different races- in peace in war, in love.