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post #21 of 102
8/25/08 at 11:47pm
I can get quite teary easily, but here are a few that spring to mind:

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (children's)

No Great Mischief by Alistair Macleod

Obasan by Joy Kogawa

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post #22 of 102
8/25/08 at 11:59pm
I love No Great Mischief!
post #23 of 102
8/26/08 at 12:44am
"Imani All Mine" by Connie Porter. It is inspirational but rips my heart out every time.
post #24 of 102
8/26/08 at 1:38am
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. I haven't read it in years but it still haunts me.
post #25 of 102
8/26/08 at 1:43am
I almost forgot!

Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibigiza (her memoirs of her unbelievable survival of the Rwandan genocide, and forgiving those who committed the atrocities)

Annette Vallon, by James Tipton
post #26 of 102
8/26/08 at 1:47am
Jacob have I Loved by Katherine Patterson

i wept when i finished The Lord of the Rings. i read the complete LOTR in 38.5 hours over 5 days and was so absorbed in the book.
post #27 of 102
8/26/08 at 2:17am
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards. I cried like a baby for the last 30 pages of that book.

There's others, I am a huge fan of good books. I just can't recall which ones they are right now (it's kinda late...)!
post #28 of 102
8/26/08 at 2:22am
The Cat Who Will Live Forever by Peter Gathers it is the last book in a series of 3 true stories and I bawled : at the end of the last book and all through it as well.
post #29 of 102
8/26/08 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by Ms Apricot View Post
I can get quite teary easily, but here are a few that spring to mind:

Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (children's)

No Great Mischief by Alistair Macleod

Obasan by Joy Kogawa
post #30 of 102
8/26/08 at 8:50am
"The Blessing of a Broken Heart" by Sherri Mandell. Tears of pain, yes, but with some pages tears of awe ... absolute transcendence.








Or were you specifically asking about fiction?
post #31 of 102
8/26/08 at 10:01am
Oystercatchers (really, read this book!)
Love Story (oldie but goodie)
The Lovely Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
I love a good boohoo book! Can't wait to read the rest of the thread!

ETA: The Red Pony. The Yearling (total sobfest.)
post #32 of 102
8/26/08 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by Thalia the Muse View Post
We Were the Mulvaneys made me SOB.
Ooh, me too. Love Joyce Carol Oates. She writes about some seriously mistreated women.
post #33 of 102
8/26/08 at 3:19pm
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (already mentioned)
Anything written by Jodi Picoult usually inspires a tear or two...
This Much I Know Is True by Wally Lamb (GREAT book!!)
post #34 of 102
8/26/08 at 5:35pm
Night, by Elie Wiesel. I read it when I was 16 though, and it has always stayed with me.
post #35 of 102
8/26/08 at 11:33pm
Thread Starter 
I've noiced The Poisonwood Bible mentioned a few times, sometimes with The Lovely Bones. I did not like TLB at all, thought it was good at first but got worse and worse as it went on. Will I still like TPB?
post #36 of 102
8/26/08 at 11:42pm
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Originally Posted by SAHDS View Post
I've noiced The Poisonwood Bible mentioned a few times, sometimes with The Lovely Bones. I did not like TLB at all, thought it was good at first but got worse and worse as it went on. Will I still like TPB?
For what it's worth, I loved The Poisonwood Bible, but The Lovely Bones bored me out of my mind.
post #37 of 102
8/27/08 at 1:37am
Anne Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees
Marianne Fredriksson's Hanna's Daughters
post #38 of 102
8/27/08 at 2:32pm
The Green Mile by Stephen King. Seems weird, maybe, but I bawled like never before!!! I love this book. Not the movie. The book...not scary.

The last Harry Potter book, because it was over.

The Notebook. Heck, I cry at the movie, still, every time. I can't help it.
post #39 of 102
8/27/08 at 2:34pm
White Oleander
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Paula Spencer
HP 5 and 7
Jane Eyre
Wuthering Heights
Les Miserables

I'm a cryer.
post #40 of 102
8/27/08 at 9:51pm
I'll second A Thousand Splendid Suns. Oh man, I was pregnant when I read it and I.just.wept.

I cried at the months (October, November, December, January) in New Moon. I've totally BTDT and I remember that feeling of time just moving like that...

Of course Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, oh and Dear John. Eeep! Hand me a tissue!

I did not cry when I read The Poisonwood Bible but I wasn't a mother yet when I read it.

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