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02794aam a2200445 i 4500 001 85CA668859AA11ED98ECE2DC3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221101010034 007 tb 008 220521t20222022meu ed 000 1 eng 010 $a 2022023723 020 $a 9798885782548 035 $a (OCoLC)1319346584 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BKL $d IUK $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 10 $a PS3602.L267 $b D66 2022 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Black, Daniel, $e author. $9 111532 245 10 $a Don't cry for me : $b a novel / $c Daniel Black. 246 33 $a Do not cry for me 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 300 $a 349 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print. $2 rdafs 490 1 $a Thorndike Press large print black voices 520 $a "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 lo"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African American families $v Fiction. $9 86118 650 0 $a Fathers and sons $v Fiction. $9 80568 650 0 $a Parents of gays $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Intergenerational relations $v Fiction. $9 89248 650 0 $a African American gay men $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Terminally ill $v Fiction. $9 89032 650 0 $a Large type books. $9 72061 830 0 $a Thorndike Press large print Black voices $9 221749 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230321010157.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20221101010845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=85CA668859AA11ED98ECE2DC3BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search