and Alice WalkerĪs Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. " Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."-Jesmyn WardĪ 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. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK IN ESSENCE MAGAZINE, THE MILLIONS AND BOOKISH On his deathbed, a dying black man writes a letter to his estranged, gay son and shares with him the truth that lives in heart and tries to create a place where the pair can find peace. 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 unexpectedplaces where hope and healing take flight." - ( Baker & Taylor) 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.
And he must create a space for the two to find peace. Hemust give voice to the trauma that Isaac has inherited. But most of all, Jacob must share with Isaac the unspoken truths that reside in his heart.
Tragedies that informed Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac's being gay. Secrets from Jacob's tumultuous relationship with Isaac's mother and the shame he carries from the dissolution of their family. Stories about his ancestral legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. As Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. "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.
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