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The Crying Book by Heather Christle; hoopla digital is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Crying Book about?

This 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). “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 SchizophreniasHeather 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 devices (lachrymatories) and explores the role white women’s tears play in racist violence. "Christle tenderly engages the unsavoury aspects of sadness until they become less strange. Rather than denying that self–pity can be pleasurable, she reveals how that pl

Who reads The Crying Book?

Author

Heather Christle; hoopla digital

Publisher

Catapult Book Group

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781948226455

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Memoir, Poetry, Health & Fitness

Rating

4.5 / 5 (162 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14