EAN: 9781335425737

DON CRY FOR ME - DANIEL BLACK GEBUNDEN

*A Book of the Month Club Pick* NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE  THE MILLIONS
AND BOOKISH Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song.-Jesmyn Ward A Black father makes amends with
his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of
empathy and forgiveness  for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates  Robert Jones Jr. and Alice Walker As
Jacob lies dying  he begins to write a letter to his only son  Isaac. They have not met or
spoken in many years  and there are things that Isaac must know. Stories about his ancestral
legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery. Secrets from Jacob's tumultuous
relationship with Isaac's mother and the shame he carries from the dissolution of their family.
Tragedies that informed Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac's being gay. But
most of all  Jacob must share with Isaac the unspoken truths that reside in his heart. He must
give voice to the trauma that Isaac has inherited. And he must create a space for the two to
find peace. With piercing insight and profound empathy  acclaimed author Daniel Black
illuminates the lived experiences of Black fathers and queer sons  offering an authentic and
ultimately hopeful portrait of reckoning and reconciliation. Spare as it is sweeping  poetic as
it is compulsively readable  Don't Cry for Me is a monumental novel about one family grappling
with love's hard edges and the unexpected places where hope and healing take flight.

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