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Author Black, Daniel, author.

Title Don't cry for me : a novel / Daniel Black.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2023.
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 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Fiction  FIC-BLACK    Check Shelf
Description 295 pages ; 21 cm
Summary "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." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject African American families -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Parents of gay people -- Fiction.
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
African American gay men -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Fiction.
African American families (OCoLC)fst00799152
African American gay men (OCoLC)fst00799178
Fathers and sons (OCoLC)fst00921899
Intergenerational relations (OCoLC)fst00976251
Parents of gays (OCoLC)fst01053511
Terminally ill (OCoLC)fst01147878
Genre/Form Domestic fiction (OCoLC)fst01726589
Epistolary fiction (OCoLC)fst01726597
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
Novels (OCoLC)fst01921742
Epistolary fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Added Title Do not cry for me
ISBN 9781335449351 (paperback)
1335449353 (paperback)
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