Just finished reading Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black. It took me two days, a sure sign of a worthy novel. “Just assemble the pieces and let the story speak for itself. You don’t need a hero. Or a villain. Just a complete story.” Black did just that. The novel at its core is about identity and how we come (finally) to accept who we are despite what society has taught us to believe is ‘normal.’. There is no one villain, no one hero. Every character is both. We are all doing our best but none of us is perfect.
Black’s novel takes the reader through one man’s journey to reconcile his relationships to parents, friends, partners, community and find out how he fits as his authentic self among them all. The result is a story that should resonate with every single reader as we all have our own ‘baggage’ to unpack.
An interview with author, Daniel Black
Author Daniel Black’s website: https://danieloblack.com/
Daniel Black’s Books
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