Ten Thousand AftershocksA powerful, poetic, and moving memoir of family, violence, and estrangement from a stunning new literary voice. After Michelle Tom's house was damaged by a deadly magnitude 6. 3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2011, she and her young family suffered through another 10,000 aftershocks before finally relocating to the stability of Melbourne, Australia. But soon after arriving, Michelle received the news that her estranged sister was dying.