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The Crying Book by Heather Christle is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Crying Book about?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER'A poignant and piercing examination of the phenomenon of tears—exhaustive, yes, but also open-ended... A deeply felt, and genuinely touching, book.'—Esmé Weijun Wang, author of The Collected Schizophrenias'Spellbinding and propulsive—the map of a luminous mind in conversation with books, songs, friends, scientific theories, literary histories, her own jagged joy, and despair. Heather Christle is a visionary writer.'—Leni Zumas, author of Red ClocksThis bestselling'lyrical, moving book: part essay, part memoir, part surprising cultural study'is an examination of why we cry, how we cry, and what it means to cry from a woman on the cusp of motherhood confronting her own depression (The New York Times Book Review).Heather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it. Along the way, she discovers an artist who designed a frozen–tear–shooting gun and a moth that feeds on the tears of other animals. She researches tear–collecting dev
Who reads The Crying Book?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Heather Christle
- Publisher
- New York: Catapult
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781948226448
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Family & Relationships, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (162 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14