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what book has made you cry?

148 replies

BBBee · 01/07/2007 22:42

last night reading alound voice kept cracking at end of half blood prince - got me thinking...

time travellers wife
birdsong
of mice and men
private peaceful

those are all I can remember for now - must be more....

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bohemianbint · 10/07/2007 12:43

"The Girl at Lion D'Or" by Sebastian Faulkes. Howled......

dejags · 10/07/2007 12:43

the kite runner
the power of one (has me in floods every time I read it)

yorkshirepudding · 10/07/2007 12:42

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Kewcumber · 10/07/2007 12:42

Has no-one said Little Women yet?

expatinscotland · 10/07/2007 12:41

The Reader.

That made me cry.

MamaMaiasaura · 10/07/2007 12:41

most recently - Keeping Faith.

LaBoheme · 10/07/2007 12:40

oh and has anyone read "We were the Mulvaneys" by Joyce Carol Oates? - amazing book so so sad...

LaBoheme · 10/07/2007 12:37

Seieze the day - John Cheever

McDreamy · 10/07/2007 12:35

Yes that's the one - truly a great book. I would challenge anyone to read the synopsis on the back and not want to read it.

expatinscotland · 10/07/2007 12:35

Many have made me cry - for the time I wasted trying to read them.

yorkshirepudding · 10/07/2007 12:33

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HufflepuffCushion · 10/07/2007 12:30

The Book Thief.

McDreamy · 10/07/2007 12:29

Only 1 book has ever made me cry - The Boy in the Striped Pjamas

bundle · 10/07/2007 12:28

anna karenina
tess of the d'urberville's
time traveller's wife

BBBeeRose · 10/07/2007 12:27

of men and men

trixymalixy · 09/07/2007 21:30

The Time Traveler's wife. DH thought something really awful had happened!

BoingBoing · 09/07/2007 21:24

Birdsong

Captain Corelli's Mandolin - I was reading the final chapters on the tube in floods. Everyone looked at me weirdly, then saw what I was reading and gave me understanding nods.... I had to miss my stop to finish it. I've never been able to bring myself to watch the movie as I understand it's a travesty.

Lilymaid · 09/07/2007 11:38

Family by Susan Hill
Synopsis (from Amazon):
"This is a story of the birth, at 24-and-a-half weeks, of Susan Hill's second daughter, the traumatic time in the SCB unit at the John Ratcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and her death. The book ends with the birth, one year later, of her daughter, Clemency."
Not recommended when you are pregnant or ttc or probably at any other time after you have had children.

Bouquetsofdynomite · 09/07/2007 11:32

I stay away from specifically sad books but these made me cry bouquets:
The Amber Spyglass
Time Traveller's Wife
Ghormenghast

mrsplant · 08/07/2007 13:14

Come Back Grandma, by Sue Limb. It's a children's book, but made me cry so much I could never read out loud to my daughters! So sweet.

Pruners · 08/07/2007 09:50

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Pruners · 08/07/2007 09:40

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TnOgu · 08/07/2007 09:28

The Diary Of Anne Frank

Jude The Obscure

To The Lighthouse

AnnainNZ · 08/07/2007 09:20

The Little Wooden Horse - was that the title - or Adventures of the little woodne horse - when I was about 7.

Lovely Bones and Curious incident of the dog in the night-time - bawled on the plane while reading that