Join us for our May Hoopla Hangout! Find us on Instagram Live on for a live discussion about "Don't Cry for Me", by Daniel Black, hosted by Sarah, our Systems Support Librarian, and Ellen, our Ingersoll Community Librarian. This month we invite you to join us earlier in the day, at 2:00pm.

Download the eBook or eAudio on Hoopla:
eBook: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14209752
eAudio: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14619993

About Don't Cry for Me:
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.

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 extends 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 flight.