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What books made you cry?

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spaceforthree · 11/05/2010 14:17

My three

Jane Eyre
The Road
Breaking Dawn

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spaceforthree · 12/05/2010 20:20

Welcome Christa42

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Christa42 · 11/05/2010 23:17

My first Mumsnet post!! V excited!

The Kite Runner made my cry on a long car journey through France.

The Lovely Bones

Postcards from the Museum (or something like that - by Kate Atkinson)

Suite Francaise (but probably because Irene Nemirovsky died in the holocaust)

Oops - I've listed 4!

florencerusty · 11/05/2010 19:41

Things I want my daughters to know

pedrothellama · 11/05/2010 15:29

I cry at Jilly Cooper in a 'who published this crap' sort of way.

When I was a kid it was Seven Little Australians - where the tree falls on her -

OMG - you have just set me off

DastardlyandSmugly · 11/05/2010 15:23

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows made me sob my heart out.

Before I say Goodbye made me howl.

Fugitive Pieces made me cry too.

Recently The Forgotten Garden made me cry quite a bit.

mummyloveslucy · 11/05/2010 15:04

"A boy called It". The pages were soggy.

ParanoidAtAllTimes · 11/05/2010 14:53

Do, it's very good

castille · 11/05/2010 14:53

Oh gosh yes The Kite Runner

The Lovely Bones

and Private Peaceful (not strictly adult)

(and the final chapter of Winnie the Pooh but I'm not sure that counts here)

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spaceforthree · 11/05/2010 14:46

Think I am going to have to read a Thousand Splendid Suns.

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GetOrfMoiLand · 11/05/2010 14:40

The Amber Spyglass - the whole end of it.

Silas Marner

Charlotte Grey

Makingchanges · 11/05/2010 14:39

P.S. I love you - blubbed at the end of each chapter. My sisters keeper, To kill a mockingbird, Of mice and men, The time travellers wife and the first one I ever remember crying at was Dear Nobody

gingerbaby · 11/05/2010 14:39

Tully
The Girl in Times Square
The Alexander and Tatiana Trilogy

All by Paulina Simons

BariatricObama · 11/05/2010 14:32

half of a yellow sun had me blubbing a bit

thumbwitch · 11/05/2010 14:32

Can't ever read The Kite Runner again. Ever. And haven't read A Thousand Splendid Suns because of it.

bluebump · 11/05/2010 14:32

My Sisters Keeper, I just finished it last night and blubbed - felt the same about that though as BariatricObama.

Probably loads more that typically I can't think of right now though!

ParanoidAtAllTimes · 11/05/2010 14:30

x posts! Great minds, eh

thumbwitch · 11/05/2010 14:30

Told you! I am a sucker and have been much worse since DS came along. DH thinks it's hysterical - it's the only sign of softiness he sees in me

ParanoidAtAllTimes · 11/05/2010 14:30

Oh- also the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns as they are made all the more sad by the fact that they are portrayals of the type of thing actually happening in Afghanistan

sleepwhenidie · 11/05/2010 14:29

If nobody speaks of remarkable things
The Kite Runner
Atonement

WhyFrank · 11/05/2010 14:29

Roughly every other book I read

Recently:
A Thousand Splendid Suns
After You'd Gone

Cobwebsontheceiling · 11/05/2010 14:27

So many for me ...

A Prayer for Owen Meany
The boy in Striped Pyjamas
To Kill a Mockingbird
Goodbye Mog

and lots more!

BariatricObama · 11/05/2010 14:27

snort @ thumbwitch, even i can read marian keyes without crying

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spaceforthree · 11/05/2010 14:26

Re Breaking Dawn - I read all four books and watched both films in the space of a week and was utterly hooked. When I finished that final page I suddenly realised that was it - no more of the story to read and was so . Ran into bathroom to hide from DH!!

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BariatricObama · 11/05/2010 14:25

oh and i had to choke back tears reading dd the end of 'sophie hits six' ffs!

thumbwitch · 11/05/2010 14:25

only 3? most books that I read that aren't complete fluff make me cry. I get too far into books and am almost living the story so it's all too easy for me to be affected by them.

Most recent one was Marian Keyes' latest, The Brightest Star in the Sky - had me in bits.

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