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what is your catch your breath / weeping / soul confirming read?

34 replies

BBBee · 26/07/2008 20:42

mine is 'the picture of dorian gray' because if I am getting a bit shallow I read this to remind me so.

And you?

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Rhubarb · 26/07/2008 20:43

the salmopn of doubt

Dottydot · 26/07/2008 20:44

Birdsong

BBBee · 26/07/2008 20:44

ahh but have seen your other thread - can I take this seriously?

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Rhubarb · 26/07/2008 20:45

long gark teatime of the soulo

GentleOtter · 26/07/2008 20:46

Jude the Obscure

Rhubarb · 26/07/2008 20:47

Mr Men get pisszed

HongKongFoeey · 26/07/2008 20:48

not life confirming but def weepy was a book called between two eternities here

about a prem baby. made me sob

Celery · 26/07/2008 20:49

Of Human Bondage. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Rhubarb · 26/07/2008 20:50

Traction Man

blueshoes · 26/07/2008 21:05

Bridges of Madison County

yama · 26/07/2008 21:09

Haven't cried reading a book since a Sweet Valley High book in my teens .

Girl died of an overdose. In my defence, I was in my early teens.

BBBee · 26/07/2008 21:23

I cry at loads of things (but not as much as posts on here)

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zwiggy · 26/07/2008 21:31

I second 'of human bondage'
and 'nectar in a sieve' by karmala markandala

TheMagnificent7 · 26/07/2008 23:25

Tuesday With Morrie by Mitch Albom. I cried for hours

notnowbernard · 26/07/2008 23:34

I've just finished To Kill A Mocking Bird and cried. It really moved me

NotDoingTheHousework · 27/07/2008 00:13

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 27/07/2008 00:15

Another vote for The Girls

ScottishMummy · 27/07/2008 00:20

the grass is singing - doris lessing

thumbwitch · 27/07/2008 00:21

"Stuart - A life Backwards" had me in floods.
To cheer me up again I would read the Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment

FlossieTCake · 27/07/2008 00:36

@yama: God I remember that SVH book. The lovely Regina Morrow, no?

Monty100 · 27/07/2008 01:07

Yay me too :
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Jude the Obscure

And more recently An Evil Cradling. (1993)

But try and read it. Think it changed my life in a way.

HumphreySmallPillow · 27/07/2008 01:11

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

yama · 27/07/2008 11:43

FlossieTcake - yes Regina. She had lovely dark hair as I recall. It was a good book, wasn't it?

cremolafoam · 27/07/2008 11:44

time travellers wife
English patient
the book thief

MogTheForgetfulCat · 27/07/2008 21:18

Me also Time Traveler's Wife.

The Lovely Bones
The Amber Spyglass
After You'd Gone
The Birthday Letters

When I was a teenager, it was Wuthering Heights ("I AM Heathcliff! He is always, always on my mind!") - loved it