"When Do Shadows Cry?" is AaronaTheVirgo autobiographical account of her journey to self-love and self-acceptance as a young black woman, as a stand-up comedian and as a middle child. The book chronicles a 35-year journey of discovering what it means to love, be in love and love yourself. "When Do Shadows Cry?" is titled after a poem she wrote at age 19 and includes several of her original poems.