Attend in person or virtually via Zoom. Pr int copies of the book are available for checkout at the Eola Road Branch Adult Reference Desk or Santori Library\, 3rd floor. Email group facilitat or Becky Clark at \;rc lark@aurorapubliclibrary.org \;for more information. Note: Griot B ook Discussion will meet temporarily at Santori Library during Eola Road B ranch renovations.
\n\nBook description:
\nA Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in t his 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 s hame he carries from the dissolution of their family. Tragedies that infor med Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac's being gay. But mo st 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 a nd profound empathy\, acclaimed author Daniel Black illuminates the lived experiences of Black fathers and queer sons\, offering an authentic and ul timately 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. (publis her description)
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