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Why fathers cry at night, a memoir in love poems, letters, recipes, and remembrances, Kwame Alexander

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Why fathers cry at night, a memoir in love poems, letters, recipes, and remembrances, Kwame Alexander

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why fathers cry at night

Oclc number

1389557629

Responsibility statement

Kwame Alexander

Sub title

a memoir in love poems, letters, recipes, and remembrances

Summary

"Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents: from being awkward newlyweds in the sticky Chicago summer of 1967, to the sometimes-confusing ways they showed their love to each other, and for him. He explores his own relationships--his difficulties as a newly wedded, 22-year-old father, and the precariousness of his early marriage working in a jazz club with his second wife. Alexander attempts to deal with the unravelling of his marriage and the grief of his mother's recent passing while sharing the solace he found in learning how to perfect her famous fried chicken dish. With an open heart, Alexander weaves together memories of his past to try and understand his greatest love: his daughters--, Adapted from publisher

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