What was the first book to make you cry?

Daithi · 03-18-2009, 04:21 PM

I'm all manly and reading books doesn't make me cry. But let's just say that an author had the power to get into your head and make you feel things at an emotional level that even film and TV can't do. Or let's just admit that your not as manly as me. What book really made you cry?

As for myself, I'm not admitting nuth'n, but when I was a teenager (and wasn't so manly) I read Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It's a story about a boy and his dogs and I might have shed a tear or two. Actually, this is the book I credit for helping me to realize that I like to read.

So what was the first book to make you cry? Actually, it doesn't even have to be the first book, just let us know which authors/books are so good that you can't help feeling a strong emotional connection.

mtravellerh · 03-18-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Daithi

I'm all manly and reading books doesn't make me cry. But let's just say that an author had the power to get into your head and make you feel things at an emotional level that even film and TV can't do. Or let's just admit that your not as manly as me. What book really made you cry?

As for myself, I'm not admitting nuth'n, but when I was a teenager (and wasn't so manly) I read Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It's a story about a boy and his dogs and I might have shed a tear or two. Actually, this is the book I credit for helping me to realize that I like to read.

So what was the first book to make you cry? Actually, it doesn't even have to be the first book, just let us know which authors/books are so good that you can't help feeling a strong emotional connection.

I remember well. It was maybe one of the worst romance books of all times: The Love Story. To my excuse I was still young and didn't know better

dreams · 03-18-2009, 04:38 PM

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Written in the 50's, it was a story about a boy and his dog.

The ending made me cry

DixieGal · 03-18-2009, 05:08 PM

Black Beauty. Which was also my first "grown-up" book when I was 7 or 8 yrs old. I slept with it on the little table next to my bed, and saw that pretty black horse running through autumn leaves on the cover every day. Still had it, until house fire in 2006.

Abelturd · 03-18-2009, 05:10 PM

Hermann Hesse's books seem to have this effect on me.
Knulp, Siddharta, Beneath the Wheel all made my eyes watery, if not outright cry. And I'm not ashamed of it. If more men cried, the world would be a better place.

krisk · 03-18-2009, 06:31 PM

I can't remember for certain, but if it wasn't Old Yeller, it was something very similar. Possibly one of the Fury books?

bwaldron · 03-18-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

I can't remember for certain, but if it wasn't Old Yeller, it was something very similar. Possibly one of the Fury books?

I think it was a Fury book for me. Old Yeller may have been the answer for me if the question was about the movie version.

=X= · 03-18-2009, 06:43 PM

I don't remember the title, but it was Dr. Seuss book for sure.

I started crying shortly after my mother finally lost her patients teaching me how to read.

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=X=

stoogeswoman · 03-18-2009, 06:46 PM

"Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White.

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Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. The Fair Grounds were soon forlorn. The infield was littered with bottles and trash. Nobody, of the hundreds of people what had visited the Fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. No one was with her when she died.

Ervserver · 03-18-2009, 07:14 PM

I don't recall a book that made me cry, just movies and doctor bills make me cry

Madam Broshkina · 03-18-2009, 07:22 PM

When I was young my family was very poor and could not afford a high chair so I had to sit on a copy of War and Peace when we ate dinner. One time when I was bringing the book to put on the chair I accidentally dropped it on my big toe. I really do not remember the whole thing but my Mom says that I cried for about 9 1/2 minutes.

bwaldron · 03-18-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Madam Broshkina

When I was young my family was very poor and could not afford a high chair so I had to sit on a copy of War and Peace when we ate dinner. One time when I was bringing the book to put on the chair I accidentally dropped it on my big toe. I really do not remember the whole thing but my Mom says that I cried for about 9 1/2 minutes.

Seabound · 03-18-2009, 10:37 PM

Ruth, by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was such a strange experience for me that I was bawling uncontrollably as I was reading the last few chapters. Really strange. But it just made me love reading even more.

desertgrandma · 03-18-2009, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

I can't remember for certain, but if it wasn't Old Yeller, it was something very similar. Possibly one of the Fury books?

Maybe "Where the Red Fern Grows"?

dragonbone · 03-18-2009, 10:55 PM

Jane Eyre at age 13. Most crying I did in a book though was 'Tis by frank Mc Court.

03-18-2009, 04:21 PM	#1
Daithi Publishers are evil! Posts: 2,418 Karma: 36205264 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rhode Island Device: Various Kindles	What was the first book to make you cry? I'm all manly and reading books doesn't make me cry. But let's just say that an author had the power to get into your head and make you feel things at an emotional level that even film and TV can't do. Or let's just admit that your not as manly as me. What book really made you cry? As for myself, I'm not admitting nuth'n, but when I was a teenager (and wasn't so manly) I read Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. It's a story about a boy and his dogs and I might have shed a tear or two. Actually, this is the book I credit for helping me to realize that I like to read. So what was the first book to make you cry? Actually, it doesn't even have to be the first book, just let us know which authors/books are so good that you can't help feeling a strong emotional connection.

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dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Written in the 50's, it was a story about a boy and his dog. The ending made me cry

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DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Black Beauty. Which was also my first "grown-up" book when I was 7 or 8 yrs old. I slept with it on the little table next to my bed, and saw that pretty black horse running through autumn leaves on the cover every day. Still had it, until house fire in 2006.

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Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	Hermann Hesse's books seem to have this effect on me. Knulp, Siddharta, Beneath the Wheel all made my eyes watery, if not outright cry. And I'm not ashamed of it. If more men cried, the world would be a better place.

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krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	I can't remember for certain, but if it wasn't Old Yeller, it was something very similar. Possibly one of the Fury books?

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=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	I don't remember the title, but it was Dr. Seuss book for sure. I started crying shortly after my mother finally lost her patients teaching me how to read. __ =X=

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Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	I don't recall a book that made me cry, just movies and doctor bills make me cry

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Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	When I was young my family was very poor and could not afford a high chair so I had to sit on a copy of War and Peace when we ate dinner. One time when I was bringing the book to put on the chair I accidentally dropped it on my big toe. I really do not remember the whole thing but my Mom says that I cried for about 9 1/2 minutes.

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Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	Ruth, by Elizabeth Gaskell. It was such a strange experience for me that I was bawling uncontrollably as I was reading the last few chapters. Really strange. But it just made me love reading even more.

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dragonbone must love dogs Posts: 480 Karma: 1079 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tokyo Device: Sony PRS-700, iPhone 32GB 3GS, iPad 64GB WiFi	Jane Eyre at age 13. Most crying I did in a book though was 'Tis by frank Mc Court.

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