What books, or parts of books, have brought you to tears?

For me, it would be Ch.19, the pivotal chapter, in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

I think it was because I empathized with Pip's mixed feelings about leaving home after years of suffering abuse from his sister. He felt exactly as I felt when I left home at the age of 18 after years of abuse from the Wicked Witch of West Hollywood (AKA my mother).

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

A Boy Named It….it was about a boy who suffered horrendous abuse at the hands of his mother while his father and siblings stood idly by and let it happen. The book is featured in social work classes now.

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

@cherokeepatti this book killed me

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@WaryWitchWandering It’s heartbreaking but he healed enough to be able to write a book about it.

Fertilization · 36-40, F

The last part of Love Story.
I may sound hysterical

But, yeah I did cry like nuts. 🤧

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littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

@Fertilization Nice it read it last year too. :)

Fertilization · 36-40, F

@littlepuppywantanewlife I read it when I was 25. 🙂

littlepuppywantanewlife · 31-35, M

@Fertilization 🙂

WanderingSavage · M

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

About a man trying to look after his young son after the world has ended. Everything is slowly and inevitably dying, but he has to keep this one tiny boy alive.

Thevy29 · 41-45, M

The last two pages of Red Dog.
In Harry Potter when Dobby died.

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

@Thevy29 poor Dobby… he just wanted approval and love

TimingQuasars

I wish i could read...but i get bored... How do you read without getting bored.

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

@TimingQuasars find a book you enjoy… use your imagination while reading the words… it’s better than a movie sometimes because you follow descriptions from the author but obviously each person could “see” it differently

checkoutanytime · M

So many, where the red fern grows, rascal, even people's posts occasionally water my eye for a moment.

SW-User

The end of the Sicilian by Mario Puzo. Haven't read it in years.

Notladylike

“The Nightingale” by Kristen Hannah

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