epub | 7.99 MB | English| Isbn:9781335090416 | Author: Daniel Black | Year: 2025

Quote:*A Washington Post Best Book of January 2025*
*A Southern Review of Books Best Southern Book of January 2025*
*A Book Riot 13 of the Best New Queer Books Out in January 2025*
*A Book of the Month Pick for January 2025*
*From the Viral Clark Atlanta University Commencement Speaker*
*From the Georgia Author of the Year Award Winner*
"Isaac's Song is the lullaby we all need and the healing balm for generations to come." -JOYCE WHITE, author of Ecology, Spirituality, and Cosmology in Edwidge Danticat
[b]The beloved author of Don't Cry for Me and Perfect Peace returns with a poignant, emotionally exuberant novel about a young queer Black man finding his voice in 1980s Chicago
Isaac is at a crossroads in his young life. Growing up in Missouri, the son of a caustic, hard-driving father, he was conditioned to suppress his artistic pursuits and physical desires. But now, in late '80s Chicago, Isaac has finally carved out a life of his own and built up the courage to seek out a community. Yet just as he begins to embrace who he is, two social catalysts-the AIDS crisis and Rodney King's attack-collectively extinguish his hard-earned joy.
At a therapist's encouragement, Isaac begins to write down his story. As he taps into his creative energy, he commences a journey back to his family, his ancestral home in Arkansas and the inherited trauma of the past. But a surprise discovery will either unlock the truths he's seeking or threaten to derail the life he's fought so hard to claim.
Poignant, sweeping, and luminously told, Isaac's Song is a return to the beloved characters of Don't Cry for Me and a high-water mark in the career of an award-winning author.[/b]