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10 books for a good cry

Author Hallie Ephron recommends the best literary tear-jerkers.

5. ‘Sophie’s Choice,’ by William Styron

Sophie is a Polish immigrant and Holocaust survivor living an emotionally tentative life in Brooklyn. Stingo is an aspiring writer, who befriends Sophie and consequently learns bits and pieces of her horrifying past.  The intersection of Stingo’s life with that of Sophie and her flawed lover provides a grim and gripping tale, unflinchingly illuminating one of history’s darkest acts. 

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