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Mz Pip

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79. The Art of Racing in the Rain.

Tue Oct 28, 2014, 11:37 PM

Oct 2014

I'll admit I cried during that one.

The Yearling, by Marjorie Kinnen Rawlings had many tear worthy moments in it as did Sinclair Lewis' Main Street.

A Thousand Cranes I read that to my class whenI was teaching 4th grade. I could barely keep it together at the end.

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Did you ever read a book that broke your heart? [View all] Paper Roses Oct 2014 OP

Fiction or nonfiction? Of nonfiction, I read an account of closeupready Oct 2014 #1

And the colonization and its effects has not near ended. "Black Like Me", the book, is of the same Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #2

The horrible way the Native Indian was treated is non-fiction. War criminals and crimes against Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #3

I meant, with regard to the question in the thread title. closeupready Oct 2014 #4

Plenty - Where the Red Fern Grows. Rex Oct 2014 #5

i have read many like that JI7 Oct 2014 #6

Probably one of the greatest books ever written. topological Oct 2014 #7

Grapes of Wrath nt PufPuf23 Oct 2014 #8

Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo. 11 Bravo Oct 2014 #9

plenty GusBob Oct 2014 #10

"The Married Man," Edmund White shenmue Oct 2014 #11

what a book! G_j Oct 2014 #12

Thanks! I've not read it yet &... Little Star Oct 2014 #13

Island of the blue dolphins... lame54 Oct 2014 #14

Lee Ioccca - Where Have All the Leaders Gone? TheNutcracker Oct 2014 #15

'Night' --Elie Wiesel panader0 Oct 2014 #16

"On The Beach". Aristus Oct 2014 #17

The Bible FrodosPet Oct 2014 #18

Long Time Passing riverwalker Oct 2014 #19

Survival at Auschwitz thucythucy Oct 2014 #20

Marley and Me. :o(( Snarkoleptic Oct 2014 #21

As a child, Charlottes Web. My mom thought I was badly hurt, was crying so hard, finally I managedt uppityperson Oct 2014 #22

I agree with your assessment, Paper Roses. summerschild Oct 2014 #23

JFK and the Unspeakable by James W. Douglass Boomerproud Oct 2014 #24

'NO NO Boy' by John Okada Tikki Oct 2014 #25

OMG moonbeam23 Oct 2014 #26

The Cider House Rules, by John Irving. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #27

The Secret Gift -- Ted Gup NashuaDW Oct 2014 #28

Her by Christa Parravani mythology Oct 2014 #29

That movie of the novel changed my way of thinking for the rest of my life riverbendviewgal Oct 2014 #30

Great book! The Road by Cormac McCarthy is another good one. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #31

I read both 'OTB" and 'The Road' at one sitting each. Aristus Oct 2014 #32

Many of the books my fellow commenters are listing I have read too riverbendviewgal Oct 2014 #33

In Jr. High loyalsister Oct 2014 #34

I was left literally stunned after reading it. I read a lot and Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #35

I saw your thread title Shankapotomus Oct 2014 #36

Before I clicked into your OP chowder66 Oct 2014 #37

That book killed me. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #38

I don't remember if I cried for "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," but it made me very angry. tclambert Oct 2014 #39

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and The Road by Cormac McCarthy and The Red Pony Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #40

Tale of Two Cities AngryAmish Oct 2014 #41

Yep, it's an unrelenting account of US history Aldo Leopold Oct 2014 #42

Still traumatized. Barack_America Oct 2014 #43

Of Mice and Men did it for me. I was rooting for them so hard. Rex Oct 2014 #44

+1 Tom Ripley Oct 2014 #45

"The Great Shame" by Thomas Keneally and "Black Cargoes" by Daniel P. Mannix n/t FSogol Oct 2014 #46

McCarthy's "No Country For Old Men" (upon which the Coen Brothers film by the KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #47

Thanks! I will pick that one up. nt Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #48

I vote for the Book of Job. God and Satan wagering on the loyalty of poor old Job. He finally KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #49

I read it in college years ago TNNurse Oct 2014 #50

I read that book between high school and college albino65 Oct 2014 #51

Brokeback Mountain. So sad. vanlassie Oct 2014 #52

Of course three is this part..which you never hear the right wing quote.. KinMd Oct 2014 #53

I read "Bury" in high school many, many years ago. I think I'm going to be re-reading it shortly, KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #54

The right wing seems focused almost exclusively on Leviticus, with a sprinkle of KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #55

Love that myself:) KinMd Oct 2014 #56

Don't want to derail this thread, but when you talk with them at any length, you can tell KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #57

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. kaiden Oct 2014 #58

Broke my heart pertilotte Oct 2014 #59

Gilda Radner's It's Always Something Brother Buzz Oct 2014 #60

Rise The Euphrates missingthebigdog Oct 2014 #61

"The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Just so sad. Can't describe it easily. - nt KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #62

My wife endorses your mention of 'Charlotte's Web.' She says it was her favorite book as a child KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #63

As a child, I read Black Beauty and cried and hid the book. n/t RebelOne Oct 2014 #64

Where the Red Fern Grows. eom freeplessinseattle Oct 2014 #65

I remember thinking, why did my teachers suggest that traumatic book? freeplessinseattle Oct 2014 #66

"The Wolf," which I read in 5th grade... a la izquierda Oct 2014 #67

no doubt hfojvt Oct 2014 #68

One of the greatest classes Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2014 #69

The Appeal by John Grisham Staph Oct 2014 #70

Atrocities all around, except the land belonged to the natives, to the victor go the spoils of war, Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #71

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn smirkymonkey Oct 2014 #72

Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945 Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #73

Bury my heart took me a long time hfojvt Oct 2014 #74

If you include NON-fiction, as in "history," there's really no end, is there? WinkyDink Oct 2014 #75

I know it is cheesy, but "Bridges of Madison County." It caught me by surprise at how much Hestia Oct 2014 #76

Mine followed it up with an in-class showing of the movie... Barack_America Oct 2014 #77

Steinbeck books should come with a warning label. Barack_America Oct 2014 #78

The Art of Racing in the Rain. Mz Pip Oct 2014 #79

Wonderful book. Mz Pip Oct 2014 #80

I was just thinking about that book... bhikkhu Oct 2014 #81

All Quiet on the Western Front A Little Weird Oct 2014 #82

on which land? hfojvt Oct 2014 #83

that one did it for me too KT2000 Oct 2014 #84

The Kryptonite Kid by Joesph Torchia enigmatic Oct 2014 #85

Perhaps, but it's truer than YOU think tkmorris Oct 2014 #86

Yes. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. sueh Oct 2014 #87

I read that book many, many years ago. Are_grits_groceries Oct 2014 #88

that was one of our silent reading books in the fifth grade fizzgig Oct 2014 #89

Marley and me! I sobbed like a four year pnwest Oct 2014 #90

Great book! nt Mojorabbit Oct 2014 #91

That was the book I thought of when I saw your thread title, actually (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Oct 2014 #92

Great mention. I felt the same way. (nt) Inkfreak Oct 2014 #93

Art of Racing... mnhtnbb Oct 2014 #94

Anything where some poor much loved animal dies at the end. bklyncowgirl Oct 2014 #95

Flowers for Algernon. True Blue Door Oct 2014 #96

Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman deutsey Oct 2014 #97

Distant Land of My Father JonLP24 Oct 2014 #98

It sounds silly, but a children's book: Love You Forever, by Robert Munsch. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2014 #99

I loved that book... Phentex Oct 2014 #100

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter... Phentex Oct 2014 #101

So many as I am an avid reader - JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #102

Sarkhan by Eugene Burdick. RoverSuswade Oct 2014 #103

Oh gawd, I could hardly read that one to my kids. Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #104

Read it, it's excellent Prophet 451 Oct 2014 #105

I never was able to UglyGreed Oct 2014 #106

I read it about 10 years ago and it did arthritisR_US Oct 2014 #107

"101 Things You Can Do to Help the Animals" by PETA. CrispyQ Oct 2014 #108

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Rocket_Scientist65 Oct 2014 #109

The first book my mother ever gave me...."Black Beauty" Rowdyboy Oct 2014 #110

The Cider House Rules, by John Irving is one of our favorites. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #111

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee is one of a few books that I have read twice. Enthusiast Nov 2014 #112

I wouldn't say a book broke my heart, but theaocp Nov 2014 #113

I read Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee many years ago. RebelOne Nov 2014 #114