Meg Rosoff: What most recently made you cry?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Meg Rosoff said elsewhere, not written here

In August, when my middle sister called to tell me her breast cancer had spread to her spine, pelvis and bones. It turned out not to be true.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

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Gary Numan British musician

Yesterday, when Gemma, my wife, played me The End Of Suffering by Thich Nhat Hanh when we were driving into Hollywood.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 July 2017 source ↗

Abi Morgan Welsh playwright and screenwriter

Yesterday. Everything seemed impossible.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 October 2015 source ↗

Andy Murray British professional tennis player, 2005–2024

Driving home on my own, thinking about the last 18 months, which have been really difficult, and getting back to playing tennis again without any pain in my hip. It was happy crying.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 July 2019 source ↗

Lleyton Hewitt Australian professional tennis player

My kids wrote a song for me, recorded it on to a CD and it was played before my last Australian Open. I had no idea until I heard it live on TV.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 July 2016 source ↗