This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features
poetry letters recipes and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his
life and the loved ones he shares it with. In an intimate and non-traditional (or
new-fashioned) memoir Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes
us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of
1967 to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other and for him. He
explores his own relationships—his difficulties as a newly wedded 22-year-old father and the
precariousness of his early marriage working in a jazz club with his second wife. Alexander
attempts to deal with the unravelling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent
passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to perfect her famous fried chicken
dish. With an open heart Alexander weaves together memories of his past to try and understand
his greatest love: his daughters. Full of heartfelt reminisces family recipes love poems and
personal letters Why Fathers Cry at Night inspires bravery and vulnerability in every reader
who has experienced the reckless passion heartbreak failure and joy that define the
whirlwind woes and wonders of love.
