A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love, and understanding from a survivor of ‘ex-gay’ therapy, soon to be a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Lucas Hedges, and directed by Joel Edgerton.
The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to “cure” him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness.
By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, Boy Erased is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.
Product details
Attribute name |
Attribute value |
Author
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Garrard Conley |
Dimensions
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139 x 209 x 23 mm |
ISBN
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9780525538981 |
Language
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English |
Media type
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Paperback |
Original title
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Boy Erased |
Page count
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352 |
Product no
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9780525538981 |
Publish date
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2018-08-21 |
Publisher
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Penguin Random House US |
RRP List price
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16.00 USD |
Weight
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299 g |