Mine was "Beat The Turtle Drum" by Constance C. Greene, back when I was a teenager.
2007-06-27 05:30:25 · 22 answers · asked by Special nobody 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold...it starts out with 14-year-old Susie being raped and then murdered by her neighbor who is a serial killer. The rest of the story is then told by the girl while she is in Heaven and how her death has affected her family (mom, dad, sister, and brother who is a still a young child), the boy she had a crush on, and another girl she wasn't familiar with, but who was "touched by her spirit" as she descended into heaven. Getting me to cry is like pulling teeth, but Sebold sure had me going when she talked about the pain and internal problems the family began facing with Susie's initial disappearance and thne discoveries that allow authorities to conclude that she is dead.
2007-06-27 06:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Erin H 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 05:43:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The River Runs Salt, Runs Sweet" by Jasmina Dervisevic Cesic. It's about her life as a teenager in Bosnia, falling in love for the first time just as the war starts and her country's own army turns against the people. The losses she suffers are staggering.
It's a true story, and Jasmina lives in American now. She is amazingly optimistic given everything that she went through.
2007-06-27 06:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by Yankee in London 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently read 'The Bell Jar' by Slyvia Plath. It was very depressing throughout, and pretty heavy. But it ended on a slightly optimistic note. Otherwise, 'The Butterfly Tattoo' by Philip Pullman. Very sad end to a otherwise very great story.
2007-06-27 08:51:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Man Who Loved Clowns
I cried.
2007-06-27 08:38:52 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy...I sincerely believe it's the most depressing work of literature in the English language.
2007-06-27 05:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma
not so much sad as very very moving
2007-06-27 05:38:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
2007-06-27 05:39:38 · answer #8 · answered by vampirekiss66677 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
2007-06-27 06:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by DGS 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I can't remember the title or author, it was a short story I read in high school and for some reason always kind of stuck to me. It was about a girl (12 or so) and wanted to visit her brother on this other planet. Well, she sneaks on this spaceship not knowing they only put enough gas in from the weight of the pilot and load to get to this other planet. Well, after they take off and half way through the trip he noticed her and befriends her but also knew if she stayed, he would crash and kill the both of them. So at the end, she understands what she has to do and is jettison from the ship. Isn't that sad?!?!
2007-06-27 05:40:02 · answer #10 · answered by mageta8 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋