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Don't cry for me : a novel / Daniel Black.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.L267 D66 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American families--Fiction.
- African American families.
- African American gay men.
- Parents of gay people.
- Fathers and sons--Fiction.
- Fathers and sons.
- Parents of gays--Fiction.
- Parents of gays.
- Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
- Intergenerational relations.
- African American gay men--Fiction.
- Terminally ill--Fiction.
- Terminally ill.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Epistolary fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 301 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Do not cry for me
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2022]
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781335425737
- 133542573X
- OCLC:
- 1293448139
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