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FROM: "L. M. Lockley" <llockley@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 10:58 AM

Hello to one & all for Year 2000!

We are putting together a fiction display for novels that make you cry,
tearjerkers and wanted recent titles that fit that description. Have
already pulled some titles by Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans but were
looking for more. Suggestions please? I will post the list back out to
Fiction_L. Thanks in advance.

I have not forgotten about the Non-fiction crime titles list or the
Family Sagas (very large list!) from back in November; have been busy due
to a change of position recently. I'll be posting them soon.


Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441-6454
Collection Development Coordinator FAX: 636/441-5898
St. Charles City-County Library Dist.
McClay Branch
2760 McClay Road E-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
St. Charles, MO 63303


Giles: "Demons after money! Whatever happened to the still beating
heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"

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FROM: "Greta Ulrich" <gulrich@nileslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 11:40 AM

"Cloud Nine" by Luanne Rice is a good recent tearjerker.

Greta Ulrich
Niles Public Library
Niles, IL

FROM: "Nora M. Armstrong" <narmstro@clsn1269.cumberland.lib.nc.us>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 11:55 AM

One that might fit into this list is When I fall in love, by Iris Rainer
Dart (1999). Ending left me kinda verklempt.

Nora Armstrong
Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center
Fayetteville, NC
(910)483-7878, FAX (910)486-6661
narmstro@cumberland.lib.nc.us

FROM: "Jeanne Linn" <jlinn@libby.org>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 12:08 PM

I believe I cried when I was reading "On Mystic Lake". Jeanne

-----Original Message-----
From: L. M. Lockley <llockley@mail.win.org>
To: Fiction-L <fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 11:08 AM
Subject: 1998+ Tearjerkers


>
>Hello to one & all for Year 2000!
>
>We are putting together a fiction display for novels that make you cry,
>tearjerkers and wanted recent titles that fit that description. Have
>already pulled some titles by Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans but were
>looking for more. Suggestions please? I will post the list back out to
>Fiction_L. Thanks in advance.
>
>I have not forgotten about the Non-fiction crime titles list or the
>Family Sagas (very large list!) from back in November; have been busy due
>to a change of position recently. I'll be posting them soon.
>
>
>Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441-6454
>Collection Development Coordinator FAX: 636/441-5898
>St. Charles City-County Library Dist.
>McClay Branch
>2760 McClay Road E-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
>St. Charles, MO 63303
>
>
> Giles: "Demons after money! Whatever happened to the still beating
> heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"
>
> / \
> / \
>@##########]==========================================================>
> \\__ / /
> \\______/ Touche!
>
>

FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <rbeerbower@OPENGOVT.OPEN.ORG>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 12:33 PM

Everyone I know who has had read PLAINSONG by Kent Haruf has shed a
tear or two.

Also, PATTY JANE'S HOUSE OF CURL by Lorna Landvick had me sobbing in
the bathtub.

Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
rbeerbower@open.org

>>> "L. M. Lockley" <llockley@mail.win.org> 01/11/00 09:03am >>>

Hello to one & all for Year 2000!

We are putting together a fiction display for novels that make you
cry,
tearjerkers and wanted recent titles that fit that description. Have
already pulled some titles by Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans but
were
looking for more. Suggestions please? I will post the list back out
to
Fiction_L. Thanks in advance.

I have not forgotten about the Non-fiction crime titles list or the
Family Sagas (very large list!) from back in November; have been busy
due
to a change of position recently. I'll be posting them soon.


Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441-6454
Collection Development Coordinator FAX: 636/441-5898
St. Charles City-County Library Dist.
McClay Branch
2760 McClay Road E-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
St. Charles, MO 63303


Giles: "Demons after money! Whatever happened to the still
beating
heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"

/ \
/ \
@##########]==========================================================>
\\__ / /
\\______/ Touche!

FROM: "Debbie Stefano" <dstefa@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 1:11 PM

How about Patty Jane's House of Curl?

FROM: "Brenda O'Brien" <obrienb@sls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 2:48 PM

Here's a list Fiction_L and Karen Barron compiled a year and a half ago. I
used it for a popular small (12-15) book display. Can also second anything by
Kristin Hannah.

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library
obrienb@sls.lib.il.us

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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:32:43 -0600
From: Fiction_L <fictionl@nslsilus.org>
To: fiction_l@listserv.nslsilus.org
Subject: Tearjerkers Revisited (fwd)

OK, here it goes again - if this doesn't work, I give up!

Karen Barron
Glenview Public Library
Glenview, IL


Tearjerkers

Adams, Richard Plague Dogs
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Arnow, Harriet Dollmaker
Banks, Russell Sweet Hereafter
Beagle, Peter Last Unicorn
Beckwith, Lilian Shine of Rainbows
Berg, Elizabeth Talk Before Sleep
Betts, Doris Souls Raised From the Dead
Binchy, Maeve Glass Lake
Brewer, Jeannie A Crack in Forever
Carter, Forrest The Education of Little Tree
Cirisi, Rita Blue Italian
Clarke, Arthur C. Fall of Moondust
Conroy, Pat Lords of Discipline
Cook, Karin What Girls Learn
Delinsky, Barbara Three Wishes
Denham, Alice Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Deveraux, Jude Knight in Shining Armor
Donaldson, Stephen Thomas Covenant series
Dostoevsky, Fyodor The Idiot
Douglas, Lloyd Magnificent Obsession
Evans, Nicholas Horse Whisperer
Fairbairn, Ann Five Smooth Stones
Finney, Jack Time and Again
Flagg, Fannie Fried Green Tomatoes
at the Whistle-stop Cafe
Gabaldon, Diane Dragonfly in Amber
Gallico, Paul Abandoned
Snow Goose
Thomasina
Gipson, Fred Old Yeller
Gordeeva, Ekaterina My Sergei
Hale, Edward Man Without a Country
Hannah, Kristin Home Again
Once in Every Life
Heath, Lorraine Always to Remember
Hilton, James Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hobbs, Ann Tisha: the Story of a
YoungTeacher in Alaska
Hoffman, Alice At Risk
Seventh Heaven
Turtle Moon
Huffaker, Claire One Time I Saw Morning Come Home
Hurwin, Davida Wills Time For Dancing
Irving, John A Prayer for Owen Meany
World According to Garp
Isaacs, Susan Almost Paradise
Japrisot, Sebastien A Very Long Engagement
Kata, Elizabeth Patch of Blue
Kay, Guy Gavriel Tigana
Fionavar Tapestry
Kay, Susan Phantom
Kay, Terry To Dance With the White Dog
Keneally, Thomas Schindler's List
Kenney, Susan In Another Country
Keyes, Daniel Flowers for Algernon
Kluger, Steve Last Days of Summer
Krantz, Judith Jewels of Tessa Kent
L'Hereux, John Shrine at Altamira
Landvik, Lorna Patty Jane's House of Curl
Laurents, Arthur The Way We Were
Leahy, Syrell Rogovin Book of Ruth
Circle of Love
Love Affair
Only Yesterday
Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
Mapson, Jo-Ann Hank and Chloe
Magorian, Michelle Not a Swan
Matheson, Richard Bid Time Return
Maxwell, Evans All the Winters That Have Been
Mazer, Norma Fox Heartbeat
McCaffrey, Anne Stitch In Snow
McCullough, Colleen Tim
Ladies of Missalonghi
Thorn Birds
McFarland, Dennis Music Room
McKillip, Patricia Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy
Forgotten Beasts of Eld
McKinley, Robin Beauty
McMurtry, Larry Terms of Endearment
Buffalo Girls
Miller, Sue Good Mother
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Morrison, Toni Beloved
Nathan, Robert Portrait of Jennie
Oates, Joyce Carol Black Water
Ondaatje, Michael The English Patient
Paterson,Katherine Bridge to Terabithia
Philipson, Morris Secret Understandings
Picoult, Jodi Mercy
Pierce, Meridith Ann Darkangel Trilogy
Pilcher, Rosamund Shell Seekers
Popham, Melinda Skywater
Proulx, E. Annie The Shipping News
Quindlen, Anna One True Thing
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan Yearling
Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows
Rice, Luanne Crazy in Love
Robertson, Don The Greatest Thing That
Almost Happened
Sallis, Susan Only Love
Segal, Eric Love Story
Siddons, Anne Fault Lines
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Smith, Robert Kimmel Jane's House
Sparks, Nicholas The Notebook
Spencer, LaVyrle Family Blessings
Steel, Danielle The Gift
Stewart, Fred Mustard Six Weeks
Styron, William Lie Down In Darkness
Sophie's Choice
Tidewater Morning
Tan, Amy Kitchen God's Wife
Thayer, Nancy My Dearest Friend
Tyler, Anne Saint Maybe
Walker, Alice Possessing the Secret of Joy
Wallace, Randall So Late Into the Night
Waller, Robert James Bridges of Madison County
Watson, Larry Montana 1948
Weis, Margaret Star of the Guardians series
Williams, David Second Sight
Wilson, Susan Beauty
Yolen, Jane Briar Rose

FROM: "J Heuer" <cheuer@itol.com>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 9:25 PM

Also check the fiction L archives. We did a list like this awhile ago. Of
course it won't have recent ones but will give you a good core.


--
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
cheuer@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous

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>From: "L. M. Lockley" <llockley@mail.win.org>
>To: Fiction-L <fiction_l@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: 1998+ Tearjerkers
>Date: Tue, Jan 11, 2000, 11:03 AM
>

>
> Hello to one & all for Year 2000!
>
> We are putting together a fiction display for novels that make you cry,
> tearjerkers and wanted recent titles that fit that description. Have
> already pulled some titles by Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans but were
> looking for more. Suggestions please? I will post the list back out to
> Fiction_L. Thanks in advance.
>
> I have not forgotten about the Non-fiction crime titles list or the
> Family Sagas (very large list!) from back in November; have been busy due
> to a change of position recently. I'll be posting them soon.
>
>
> Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441-6454
> Collection Development Coordinator FAX: 636/441-5898
> St. Charles City-County Library Dist.
> McClay Branch
> 2760 McClay Road E-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
> St. Charles, MO 63303
>
>
> Giles: "Demons after money! Whatever happened to the still beating
> heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"
>
> / \
> / \
> @##########]==========================================================>
> \\__ / /
> \\______/ Touche!
>

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <lcolcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 1/11/00, 9:42 PM

I would second (or third!) Patty Jane's House of Curl. I would also add E. L. Swann's Night Gardening.

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own...

>>> llockley@mail.win.org 01/11/00 11:06 AM >>>

Hello to one & all for Year 2000!

We are putting together a fiction display for novels that make you cry,
tearjerkers and wanted recent titles that fit that description. Have
already pulled some titles by Nicholas Sparks and Richard Evans but were
looking for more. Suggestions please? I will post the list back out to
Fiction_L. Thanks in advance.

I have not forgotten about the Non-fiction crime titles list or the
Family Sagas (very large list!) from back in November; have been busy due
to a change of position recently. I'll be posting them soon.


Lucy M. Lockley Phone: 636/441-6454
Collection Development Coordinator FAX: 636/441-5898
St. Charles City-County Library Dist.
McClay Branch
2760 McClay Road E-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
St. Charles, MO 63303


Giles: "Demons after money! Whatever happened to the still beating
heart of a virgin? No one has any standards any more!"

/ \
/ \
@##########]==========================================================>
\\__ / /
\\______/ Touche!

FROM: "Lucy Lockley" <llockley@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 1/12/00, 1:06 PM

Many, many thanks to all who responded to my request for Tearjerker titles.
We have lots of suggestions to work with. Have decided to use the
suggestion that was made a few month's back and display the books with a
line of cloth hankies held up with clothpins. (Great idea!) We're also
putting a tissue in each book.

Thanks again!


Lucy M. Lockley, Reference Librarian
Collection Development Coordinator
St. Charles City-County Library District
McClay Branch Library
St. Charles, MO
636/441.6454 FAX: 636/441.5898
e-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 1/12/00, 1:49 PM

If you don't mind a 1997 thrown in, Three Wishes by Barbara Delinsky was a
whole box of tissues full of tears.
Also The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks.
The Last Valentine by James Michael Pratt was also a good one.

Donna Beaver
Wake County Libraries

FROM: "Jaffe" <kjaffe@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
REC'D: 1/12/00, 4:09 PM

ClouD Nine by Luanne Rice definitely fits the bill.

Karen Jaffe
Comswogue Public Library

FROM: "Lynda Whitton-Henley" <lyndafwh@intcomm.net>
REC'D: 1/13/00, 12:22 AM

You will post the tear jerkers list won't you (Please!)?

Lynda Whitton-Henley, Br. Mgr
lyndfwh@intcomm.net

Lucy Lockley wrote:

> Many, many thanks to all who responded to my request for Tearjerker titles.
> We have lots of suggestions to work with. Have decided to use the
> suggestion that was made a few month's back and display the books with a
> line of cloth hankies held up with clothpins. (Great idea!) We're also
> putting a tissue in each book.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Lucy M. Lockley, Reference Librarian
> Collection Development Coordinator
> St. Charles City-County Library District
> McClay Branch Library
> St. Charles, MO
> 636/441.6454 FAX: 636/441.5898
> e-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
> __
> | \
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> \\ | /
> \\__/ / Touche!
> \___ __/

FROM: "Amal Altoma" <amal@monroe.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 1/13/00, 9:38 AM

Such a great idea...)-:

A. Altoma
MCPL, Indiana

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Lucy Lockley wrote:

>
> Many, many thanks to all who responded to my request for Tearjerker titles.
> We have lots of suggestions to work with. Have decided to use the
> suggestion that was made a few month's back and display the books with a
> line of cloth hankies held up with clothpins. (Great idea!) We're also
> putting a tissue in each book.
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> Lucy M. Lockley, Reference Librarian
> Collection Development Coordinator
> St. Charles City-County Library District
> McClay Branch Library
> St. Charles, MO
> 636/441.6454 FAX: 636/441.5898
> e-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
> __
> | \
> | \
> @##########]==========================================================>
> \\ | /
> \\__/ / Touche!
> \___ __/
>

FROM: "Dottie MacKeen" <dmackeen@ma.ultranet.com>
REC'D: 1/13/00, 10:32 AM

I just finished Rita Ciresi's (Blue Italian) latest Pink Slip and there
were some tear jerking moments tucked in among the laughs.

Also - so new it's not out yet - Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull - is a
lovely sentimental romance and also the best look at what it was like to be
in the trenches in WWI that I have read since Birdsong and also a wonderful
look at an intelligent and thoughtful man who is facing the indignities of
aging and the immediacy of his death in a nursing home with courage and
humor. A great book - worth keeping an eye out for.

dottie

FROM: "Dorothy Szczepaniak" <dszczepa@wpld.alibrary.com>
REC'D: 1/13/00, 1:42 PM

How about Joanna Trollope's "Other People's Children" (1999). This one
really got to me at the end!

FROM: "Lucy Lockley" <llockley@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 1/13/00, 2:55 PM

Lynda:

When we get a compiled list I'll send it out to Fiction-L.

Lucy M. Lockley, Reference Librarian
Collection Development Coordinator
St. Charles City-County Library District
McClay Branch Library
St. Charles, MO
636/441.6454 FAX: 636/441.5898
e-mail: llockley@mail.win.org
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FROM: <Gmsamis@aol.com>
REC'D: 1/17/00, 7:06 AM

Three Wishes by Barbara Delinsky... (but I don't recall if that was 1998 or
99)

FROM: "Ann Boles" <aboles@yavapaicold.lib.az.us>
REC'D: 1/21/00, 9:11 AM

I know it's probably too late to make the list, but I just now finished
reading the new book Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde with tears in my
eyes. The theme of the book is to do good for other people without
expecting payback, rather wanting others to "pay it forward" and do good
for yet more people. Soon the earth will be filled with people doing good
things for other people. If only it could happen....

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ann M. Boles
Yavapai County Library District
172 E. Merritt, Ste. E
Prescott, AZ 86301
520-771-3191
aboles@yavapaicold.lib.az.us
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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