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Don't Cry for Me

door Daniel Black

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Fiction. African American Fiction. Historical Fiction. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: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 flig… (meer)

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As Jacob Swinton lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac, from whom he has been estranged for many years, as he attempts to reconcile with the gay son he was not able to accept. Jacob tries to explain himself, telling stories about his childhood in rural Arkansas on land purchased by his great-grandparents after they were emancipated from slavery. Through the telling, we come to see how certain values and perspectives were instilled in him about manhood and family. Through this letter, he attempts to construct a place in which he and his son might find peace with each other. This fictional confessional illuminates the lived experiences of Black fathers and queer sons through a reckoning and reconciliation. Beautiful prose; so beautiful that it made it hard to believe they were meant to be the words of a barely educated man, even if he did take to reading later in his life. (

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bschweiger | Feb 4, 2024 |

4.5 stars. This is one of those books that opened my eyes to an experience that has not been my own. A deep character study that quietly follows the effect of generational trauma on one man's life and his journey of self-discovery. (

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CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |

Full of raw emotion and hope for redemption. Sticks with you. (

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LittleSpeck | May 17, 2022 |

Very powerfully told, this is the story of a black man who lived in rural south and moved north when he grew up. Raised by his grandma and grandpa, he thought being a man meant other family members were under his control. It wasn’t until his divorce and his estrangement from his gay son, along with cancer than made him turn inward and start looking at his own behaviors as causes for what happened to him. A friend gave him a copy of a Toni Morrison book to read, and it got him reading many more books about the black experience. But in the end, although he wanted to reunite with his son, he felt the damage been done and it was a useless gesture. A sad conclusion to the book filled with letters Jacob wrote to his son. (

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brangwinn | May 11, 2022 |

I cried for him...
Jacob is dying and reflecting back on his mistakes as a man. He begins to lay out the story of his life for his son in a series of letters, not because he is trying to justify his actions, but as a way of stopping the cycle of trauma within his family history and as a way of saying sorry. He lays his regret and longing out for his son to see in hopes that his son can let go of his pain and live the happy life he always wanted for him.
The book was beautiful in a truthful way but also really simply written. I hope that author found catharsis while writing this book, and I hope anyone reading it who may have had similar trauma can use this book to get them through to the other side. (

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Fiction. African American Fiction. Historical Fiction. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: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 flig

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