{"product_id":"the-crying-book","title":"The Crying Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A poignant and piercing examination of the phenomenon of tears--exhaustive, yes, but also open-ended. . . A deeply felt, and genuinely touching, book.\" --Esmé Weijun Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Schizophrenias\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Spellbinding and propulsive--the map of a luminous mind in conversation with books, songs, friends, scientific theories, literary histories, her own jagged joy, and despair. Heather Christle is a visionary writer.\" --Leni Zumas, author of \u003ci\u003eRed Clocks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis bestselling \"lyrical, moving book: part essay, part memoir, part surprising cultural study\" is an examination of why we cry, how we cry, and what it means to cry from a woman on the cusp of motherhood confronting her own depression (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeather Christle has just lost a dear friend to suicide and now must reckon with her own depression and the birth of her first child. As she faces her grief and impending parenthood, she decides to research the act of crying: what it is and why people do it, even if they rarely talk about it. Along the way, she discovers an artist who designed a frozen-tear-shooting gun and a moth that feeds on the tears of other animals. She researches tear-collecting devices (lachrymatories) and explores the role white women's tears play in racist violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHonest, intelligent, rapturous, and surprising, Christle's investigations look through a mosaic of science, history, and her own lived experience to find new ways of understanding life, loss, and mental illness. \u003ci\u003eThe Crying Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply personal tribute to the fascinating strangeness of tears and the unexpected resilience of joy.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944328921319,"sku":"9781948226448","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_eb8ede6f-15d9-4ef3-aa1e-0eccd367eef9.jpg?v=1775365938","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-crying-book","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}