I shed quarts of tears while writing it , and the other girls shed gallons while I read it .<br>Jane Andrews ' mother scolded her frightfully because she had so many handkerchiefs in the wash that week .<br>It 's a harrowing tale of the wanderings of a Methodist minister 's wife .
Many of the readers were lacrimose.
Lacrimose means crying or teary; the readers are described this way. Computer probably doesn't know the synonym
( z1 lacrimose :domain ( z2 person :quant ( z3 many ) :ARG1-of ( z4 include :ARG2 ( z5 person :ARG0-of ( z6 read ) ) ) ) )