Isaac's Song: A Novel (Original)

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*A Washington Post Best Book of 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 DanticatThe 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 ChicagoIsaac 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.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780369760289
Related ISBNs:
9781335090416
Publisher:
Hanover Square Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Daniel Black
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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