{"product_id":"isaacs-song","title":"Isaac's Song","description":"*A Washington Post Best Book of January 2025*\u003cbr\u003e*A Southern Review of Books Best Southern Book of January 2025*\u003cbr\u003e*A Book Riot 13 of the Best New Queer Books Out in January 2025*\u003cbr\u003e*A Book of the Month Pick for January 2025*\u003cbr\u003e*From the Viral Clark Atlanta University Commencement Speaker*\u003cbr\u003e*From the Georgia Author of the Year Award Winner*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Black beautifully chronicles one man's heroic quest to find the source of his generational trauma, a cure for his pain, and ultimately, himself.\"—Michael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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—a novel of family, forgiveness and perseverance, for fans of The Great Believers and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsaac 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, notions that didn’t align with a traditional view of masculinity. But now, in late ’80s Chicago, Isaac has finally carved out a life of his own. He is sensitive and tenderhearted and has 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a therapist’s encouragement, Isaac begins to write down his story. In the process, he taps into a creative energy that will send him on a journey back to his family, his ancestral home in Arkansas and the inherited trauma of the nation’s dark 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoignant, 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.","brand":"Hanover Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57830191989062,"sku":"9781335090416","price":26.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/3081\/3510\/files\/ac520ee0234db57ddd5ef2b89a271365ff45ab2ee9812e580f169d34e4c85c69.jpg?v=1794105727","url":"https:\/\/www.averdo.com\/products\/isaacs-song","provider":"Averdo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}