what was the last book that made you laugh or cry?.
any book by TOM SHARP makes me laugh .
but BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE did put a tear in
my eye, I found the injustice just overwhelming.
regards J

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Last book to make me laugh or cry??? Not sure of the last one to bring out that response, but Wounded knee did for sure, as well as Black Elk Speaks (forget his tribe, offhand) and I Will Fight No More Forever about the Nez Perce, and Ishi, Last of his Kind.

I have all of these.

The American Indian got shafted big time here in the States and I am glad many of them are finally coming into their own...

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husky I am reading S.C.GWYNNE, empire of the summer
moon:QUANAH PARKER and the rise and fall of the
Comanche, husky its a stunningly vivid historical account
of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and
white settlers for control of the American west.
regards J

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I haven't read much in the past while, so I can't think of recent stuff. I've had a lot of laughs, so it's hard to come up with particular recent examples. As for tears, I remember being very affected by Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, though that was many years ago now.

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Laugh.

Several of Bill Bryson's books had me in tears - of laughter. Especially his "Notes from a Small Island". Totally awesome and for an American he observes the English so minutely and perfectly, making fun of what we do without it ever coming across as insulting.

I was reading that book on the train down to London on the way to work one day many years ago and I could not contain my laughter. When the journey ended the guy sitting opposite me said "What were you reading? I simply have to go buy it. I need to laugh like that in the morning."

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Textbooks make me cry.

Past that, I don't remember any books making me tear up. Humour is common, but I just can't feel tragedy in written form.

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Oh god, I've cried reading tons of books! Out-loud laughter is slightly more unusual for me weirdly enough, and I don't tend to remember it as well.

Funnily, I laughed and cried at the antics of the Weasley twins in Harry Potter.

I sobbed at the end of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in a way that I don't think I've ever cried at a book or film since. I also wept a fair bit at the end of The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (strangely Never Let Me Go didn't affect me as much).

I tend to be a real weep-er when it comes to anything animal related. So I cried a lot at The Knife of Never Letting Go.

I think I've also cried (sort of happy tears) at the end of Jane Eyre.

Interesting. The Remains of the Day wasn't as upsetting to me, but I read the whole thing feeling rather unsure about it all, and then suddenly found it deeply sad right at the end. It seems to me that he is good at creating that effect.

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Had some good chuckles and even a laugh or three while reading, "Captain Fatso" by Daniel V. Gallery. He was writing about the fictional adventures of a Boatswainmate's adventures as skipper of an LCU (utility cargo vessel) running around the Mediterrean. Having been a Navy man, I could relate to some of the nutty things he did.... lol bringing a smile just thinking about it...

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Interesting. The Remains of the Day wasn't as upsetting to me, but I read the whole thing feeling rather unsure about it all, and then suddenly found it deeply sad right at the end. It seems to me that he is good at creating that effect.

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