Spare as it is sweeping, poetic as it is compulsively readable, Don't Cry for Me is monumental novel about one family grappling with love's hard edges and the unexpected places where hope and healing take flight. With piercing insight and profound empathy, acclaimed author Daniel Black illuminates to 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. Dont Cry for Me: A Novel by Daniel Black Published: T00:0 Hardcover : 304 pages 0 members reading this now 2 clubs reading this now 0 members have read this book Click on the ORANGE Amazon Button for Book Description & Pricing. He must 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. Read more Print length 304 pages Language English Publisher Hanover Square Press Publication date Feb.

Tragedies that informed Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac being gay. Spare as it is sweeping, poetic as it is compulsively readable, Dont Cry for Me is a monumental novel about one family grappling with loves hard edges and the unexpected places where hope and healing take flight. Don't Cry for Me: A Novel Hardcover Februby Daniel Black (Author) 732 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 13.57 55 Used from 2.54 25 New from 8.95 2 Collectible from 13.50 Paperback 17.99 20 Used from 15.98 26 New from 13. 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 extends back to slavery. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. '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., and Alice WalkerĪs Jacob lays dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son Isaac.

Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black