What is the saddest book you’ve ever read?

[Anonymous]

The Men of Brewster Place

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala for me.

The story of a woman who lost her parents, sons and husband in the 2004 tsunami. Truly heartbreaking.

Me too! I saw the subject line and was going to write the same book. I loved loved this story, as sad and difficult as it was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala for me.

The story of a woman who lost her parents, sons and husband in the 2004 tsunami. Truly heartbreaking.

Yes! So heart wrenching. I have no idea how one could move on. I read it a couple of years ago and still think about it.

Another sad book, but pure fiction, is Did You Ever Have a Family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A fine balance.

Yep. That ending . . .

I am still haunted by that book. Just seeing the title makes me tear up. Why is life so unjust?

[Anonymous]

Poisonwood Bible

[Anonymous]

When rabbit howls.

Second saddest book I ever read:

Angela's ashes.

[Anonymous]

My Sister’s Keeper

[Anonymous]

Velveteen Rabbit
The Giving Tree
A Man Called Ove

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A fine balance.

Yep. That ending . . .

I am still haunted by that book. Just seeing the title makes me tear up. Why is life so unjust?

I listened to the audiobook on my long commute. I’m just glad I finished the book on the way home and not at the office.

[Anonymous]

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel -- about two children in Nazi occupied Poland who get separated from their parents and have to survive in the woods.

[Anonymous]

Catherine Deneuve and Christy Turlington.

[Anonymous]

A Child Called It

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A Little Life for me, too. That book was brutal, ridiculously so.

+1

[Anonymous]

A Fine Balance
Art of Racing in the Rain

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Art of Racing in the Rain

Oh god yes. The last pages had me bawling like a baby.