Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family

Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family

The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion pictureÂ starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton.Â â‚¬Å“Every sentence of the story will stir your soulâ‚¬Â (O Magazine).
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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.
Country USA
Brand Riverhead Books
Manufacturer Riverhead Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0735213461
Color White
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780735213463

Country	USA
Brand	Riverhead Books
Manufacturer	Riverhead Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_0735213461
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2017-02-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780735213463

Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family

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