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-- Do not cry for me2022., Adult, Hanover Square Press Call No: BLK Fic Bla Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: 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 flight.
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2021., Adult, Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint at Véhicule Press Call No: QWF Fic Dir Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The year Paul turns forty, his friends Wendy and Eve ask him to help them get pregnant. Nothing about the process feels natural to him. But for a gay man of a certain age, making a family still means finding your own way through a world with few ready answers. The eighteen-month journey reveals many insights about Paul's past and present, from his strained relationship to his father, his overprotective relationship with his partner Michael, and the many friends around him whom he considers his family."--
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2010., General, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Modern 1 Edition: Widescreen edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Modern family Volume: 1Summary Note: Three non-traditional families face everyday challenges.
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2018., General, 473, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Modern 9 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Modern family Volume: 9Summary Note: Three non-traditional families face everyday challenges.