Don't Cry for Me

by: Daniel Black

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Don't Cry for Me

By: Daniel Black

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Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction

Format - Hardcover

Condition - Like New

Listed - 2 years ago

Views - 3

Wishes - 1

Ships From - Pennsylvania

Est. Publication Date - Feb 2022

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Don't Cry for Me: A Novel

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"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, f...

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PangoBooks readers find this novel both heartbreaking and hopeful, appreciating its exploration of heavy themes such as Black and queer identities, generational trauma, and the quest for reconciliation. They highlight its epistolary format, through which a dying father, Jacob, writes letters to his ...

Jeremy Martin

341 book reviews

Jul 24, 2023

"A man believes that, when he becomes a father, he'll love perfectly. But this isn't true. Love doesn't make us perfect; it makes us want to be." Don't Cry for Me is a brutal insight into fatherhood and the strict expectations often placed upon children. This book, written in the form of letters fr...

Lucero Tamayo

43 book reviews

Sep 13, 2023

What a brutally honest confession of a man’s failure as a father. I think many children from marginalized groups can relate or find something of value in this book. Oftentimes we wish our parents were different, and a lot of times they fail us. I don’t think we have to forgive them, but I think we c...

Amanda Morrison

10 book reviews

Aug 1, 2023

This was a highly anticipated novel for me and I'm glad I read it. Written in epistolary format (letters), a dying father attempts to make amends with his son. From that description alone, I knew this book would be powerful. This book deals with a lot of heavy topics, from Black and queer identitie...