Day 06 – A book that makes you sad
If you had asked me this as a child, it would have been either Charlotte's Web or Little Women. The former had me crying myself to sleep for just about a week after reading. The latter was so upsetting that I was an adult before I read past the part where Beth dies all the way to the end of the book. As an adult, my answer is two different books, but for the same reason -- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World and A Mango Shaped-Space. I am sure you can guess why each was so upsetting as to bring me to tears. I made the mistake of reading both in the lunchroom of my office. I had a very hard time explaining to my non-reader co-workers what was so upsetting about the words on the page. I am not recommending that you not read these books, just that if you do so in public, be prepared for people to think you are crazy.
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