Sometimes you just need a good cry, and while not everyone is shedding ugly tears, there is something about a good book that offers a cathartic tear session. Whether it’s a poignant line of dialogue in a harrowing memoir or incredibly memorable characters in works of fantasy fiction, we’ve got some new spring releases that will give you all the feels and pair perfectly with a box of tissues. here are sad books to read if you’re looking for a good tearjerker.
sad books 2020
you and me and us by alison hammer
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Alexis is struggling to find work-life balance and her family seems to be suffering as a result. When her husband is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she begins to reconsider her priorities. Traveling to a beach to spend their last summer together, Alexis and her daughter will have to find a new way to connect as a family.
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transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi
gifty would do anything to understand his brother’s struggles with addiction and their mother’s depression. As a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience, she spends her days trying to figure out how her family got to where they are. Through her research, she begins to question the ways that science, faith, and love shape a family and her legacy.
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it’s not all downhill from here by terry mcmillan
loretha curry is about to turn 68, and although those around her have a slightly more negative view of aging, she is more than happy with her life. But just when things can’t get any better, Loretha’s strength and perspective will be tested with a loss she could never have seen coming.
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the guardian of the water by charles martin
lonely man murphy shepherd has dedicated his life to saving others. After pulling a woman named Summer out of the Florida Intercoastal Waterway, he finds himself on a perilous search for his missing daughter and finds himself drawn into the dark and dangerous world of modern day slavery.
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in five years by rebecca serle
for fans of mine before you, in five years find attorney dannie landing a job interview and getting engaged. but when he wakes up, he is apparently in the future and in an alternate reality that he never saw coming. in the present, he will do everything in his power to play out the shocking experience and preserve the future he had so carefully carved out for himself.
break your glass slippers (you are your own fairy tale) by amanda lovelace
bestselling poet amanda lovelace knows how hard it can be to constantly love yourself. In Break Your Glass Slippers, Lovelace presents a catalog of inspirational and moving poems that aim to help readers find their own journey to self-love, tell their own story, and forget about the people who never saw their worth. /p>
the real life of brandon taylor
wallace did not have an easy time growing up as a queer black man from alabama. now at a midwestern university working toward his degree, he finds himself putting up walls around even his closest friends. but then he faces someone who will change his world and expose the hostility and hatred in his community.
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he walked in with it: a portrait of motherhood and madness by miriam feldman
As the matriarch of her family, Miriam does everything in her power to keep everyone together. but she is affected by a series of disasters and she is surprised to learn that her son suffers from schizophrenia. Miriam must be brave for her family as she digs deeper into this new diagnosis and what it means for her future.
sharks in the time of the saviors of kawai strong washburn
When 7-year-old Nainoa Flores miraculously survives a close encounter with a shark chill, she becomes a legendary figure and begins to develop new abilities. Now an adult, Nainoa is struggling to understand her powers, and after a series of supernatural events, her entire family faces a tragedy that will leave them questioning the meaning of family.
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once a girl, always a boy: a family memoir of a transgender journey by jo ivester
Throughout his childhood, Jeremy Ivester preferred soccer to luxury. His parents welcomed him into the world as his daughter, but he became increasingly uncomfortable with his body and later came out as transgender. his gradual transition brought him closer to being seen as he has always been. This book is the honest true story of Ivester’s search for a true identity, and his family’s acceptance and defense of him by the transgender community.
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