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03-13-2021 01:40 PM
I've read several sad books, for sure, but it's hard to name the saddest one. I really did cry reading The Four Winds, but it wasn't close to the saddest.
Thinking back, I'd have to say one of the saddest books was Every Last One, by Anna Quindlen. My eyes filled up with tears just thinking about it. I know there are many others, including my favorite, The Good Earth, but off hand I can't think of them.
What are your saddest books?
03-13-2021 02:00 PM - edited 03-13-2021 02:02 PM
I just finished Four Winds. (Hannah) Yes, it was sad, and shameful the way migrants were treated in California. I didn't cry though. Most people have read Grapes of Wrath, so the tragedy of that period isn't news.
The saddest book I've read is Where the Red Fern Grows. Dog lovers beware of this one.
03-13-2021 02:07 PM
I read a series of historical British mysteries that I loved. The author suddenly died so I knew that the last book I read was, in fact, the last. I cried.
03-13-2021 02:20 PM
A Man Called Ove, I sobbed at the end. 😢
03-13-2021 04:08 PM
The saddest book I read was when I was a child, "The Little Match Girl."
03-13-2021 06:17 PM
although there is always hope at the end.......the saddest books i have ever read were THE KITE RUNNER and A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. powerful reading, but you definitely have to be in the mood for them.
03-13-2021 08:48 PM
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt...sad story
03-13-2021 11:32 PM
@bmorechick wrote:Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt...sad story
@bmorechick , I forgot about that one, it was brutal.
03-14-2021 12:18 PM
Old Yeller....I think I'm scarred for life after rteading that one as a kid.
03-14-2021 12:45 PM
When I was in 8th grade I read Where The Red Fern Grows, I cannot even think about that book without tearing up even to this day!
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