The Crying Book
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Praise for The Crying Book One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Books in Lifestyle in Fall 2019 Bustle, 1 of 11 New Memoirs for Your Fall Reading List Paperback Paris, 1 of 12 New Books You'll Want to Bring Outside This Season '[A] lyrical, moving book: part essay, part memoir, part surprising cultural study.' ―The New York Times Book Review 'Poet Heather Christle’s book is about more than crying. As she reflects on the loss of a close friend to suicide and her own battle with depression, Christle asks why and how we cry and what it means, especially for women, to do so. But in The Crying Book, the author’s blend of personal experience and scientific research gives way to broader discussions about motherhood, mental health, grief and art.' ―Annabel Gutterman, Time, 1 of 11 New Books You Should Read This Month 'Why do we cry? How do we cry? And what does it mean? This young poet examines scientifically and culturally the true art and meaning of tears.' ―Jake Thompson, E! News, One of the Best New Books of the Month 'An eclectic reflection on human waterworks . . . The unconventional format, combined with the author's vast survey of the topic, provides fascinating food for thought. A surprisingly hopeful meditation on why we shed tears.' ―Kirkus Reviews 'Readers are sure to be moved to tears themselves. This is a lovely meditation on life and death through the lens of tears, both those spurred by grief and those by joy.' ―Booklist 'The book’s effects are sly and cumulative, relying not so much on any one observation as on associations, echoes, contrasts―a method that reflects Christle’s view of art and life, the interdependence, the complex contagion and repetition of feeling and action and reaction that marks them . . . It’s about grief and friendship, but only delicately so. Christle wants to preserve the particularity of experiences while illuminating what they have in common. Again and again she emphasizes that separation: 'It is dangerous,' she insists, 'to always think one thing is another, every event a metaphor for another.' This is also to say that writing itself is dangerous, as well as essential.' ―Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine 'Stunning.' ―Sophia Stewart, Los Angeles Review of Books 'Christle is a poet, and her prose shows it. You will surely end the book knowing much more about tears than when you started . . . Christle invites us into her sadness and along the way manages to unlock the beauty within.' ―Jonathan Foiles, Psychology Today 'Why do we cry? Heather Christle turns to poetry, philosophy, and personal experience for an inquisitive approach to answering this question.' ―Elena Nicolaou, Refinery29, One of the Best Books of the Month 'Few people understand the physical, political, mental, and emotional power of tears like Heather Christle, the poet beh
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