a really good book

meecy12 · #1 Mar 21, 2008, 06:33 PM

I need some suggestions for a great book that can make me cry

dragnlady5 · Mar 21, 2008, 06:45 PM

The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’s Search for the Love of a Family
By Dave Pelzer

I loved this book. It is one when u read it you got to pass it on.

jillianleab · Mar 21, 2008, 06:53 PM

"Atonement", which was recently made into a movie was amazing.

Amazon.com: Atonement: Ian Mcewan: Books

This was an Oprah's Book Club book (lots of stuff from her book club is depressing and worthy of a cry). I bought this one years ago, and remember really enjoying it.

Amazon.com: We Were the Mulvaneys (Oprah's Book Club): Joyce Carol Oates: Books

This is a true story, and very, very sad. If you don't cry when you read this, well, you probably don't have a heart!

Amazon.com: Night (Oprah's Book Club): Elie Wiesel: Books

I've read a few books by Anita Shreve, she's a good writer and evokes a lot of emotion. I think she also had something on the Oprah's Book Club list.

Amazon.com: Sea Glass: A Novel: Anita Shreve: Books

This is my favorite book of all time. It's another true story and amazingly powerful. I love everything about it.

Amazon.com: All Souls: A Family Story from Southie: Michael Patrick MacDonald: Books

Those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. I'll check my book shelf and post more if there's anything else.

Out of curiosity, why do you want a book that will make you cry?

ISneezeFunny · Mar 21, 2008, 06:58 PM

Dave Pelzer's 4 books...

A child called it
the lost boy
the privilege of youth
a man named dave

have all been fantastic.

other great books are:

5 people you meet in heaven
for one more day
the kite runner (so...sad. It's also a movie!)
a thousand splendid suns

those are a few just to get you started.

p.s. - I agree with jillianleab's comment about NIGHT, as it is a sad book...but I don't remember being REALLY depressed about it...so I didn't include it in my collection. However, I will read it again and see how it goes.

p.p.s. - I actually got to meet Mr. Wiesel the week I read it!!!

jillianleab · Mar 21, 2008, 07:09 PM

I forgot about "A Child Called It" - I have that one too. I remember it being disturbing more than anything else...

I think "Night" was so sad to me because Wiesel made the book so short - he got to the point quickly and ran with the story. There we no added embellishments, no pages upon pages of explanation, it was direct and brutally honest. He has an amazing writing style, very powerful. I read the book all in one sitting, and I almost never do that! I keep meaning to read it again, but I've got a stack of books up to my knee that I've been meaning to read for the first time!

And I'm totally jealous you got to meet him! I've seen several of his interviews, he's an incredible person.

ISneezeFunny · Mar 21, 2008, 07:11 PM

I DEFINITELY encourage you to read The Kite Runner...the saddest book I've ever read in my adult life.

jillianleab · Mar 21, 2008, 07:18 PM

It's on my shelf.....

My mom works at our local public library, and when people donate books she brings them home for me (I like to own my books and it drives her nuts, lol!). Since many people are in book clubs, they buy the popular book, read it once, then donate it. I've got a bunch of the major titles sitting there.... waiting... collecting dust... so sad!

If you liked "Night" you should check out the last book I linked, "All Souls", I read them both at about the same time, so I always associate them together. It's very, very good. There's a second one too, called Easter Rising, but it wasn't as good.

ISneezeFunny · Mar 21, 2008, 07:21 PM

I just finished Into The Wild...and have started The Memory Keeper's Daughter...so once that's done, I will DEFINITELY read All Souls while waiting for A Thousand Splendid Suns to come out on paperback.

I like to own books as well...but I have to hide them. My buddies will make fun of me. =(

jillianleab · Mar 21, 2008, 07:26 PM

I have "Into the Wild" coming to me on DVD tomorrow! Haven't picked up the book yet, but I probably will in the future. Let me know what you think of "All Souls" (if by the time you read it you remember I told you about it!), I don't know anyone else who has read it.

I'm a chick, I don't have to worry about people making fun of me for having a large book collection. Instead, it makes people jealous! Like penis envy, but in paperback!!!

ISneezeFunny · Mar 21, 2008, 07:31 PM

I have the dvd currently sitting on my desk...calling out to me. I'm supposed to watch it tonight (I finished the book literally...2 hours ago)...but my friends are dragging me out.

well, they're coming over...time to put a poster in front of my bookshelf...



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