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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, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds."--Publisher's website
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Boy Erased (Movie Tie-In), Garrard Conley
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- Released
- 2018
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- Subtitle
- A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Garrard Conley
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0525538984
- ISBN13
- 9780525538981
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies, Religious Topics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Relationships, American Literature, LGBTQ+, Sexuality & Intimacy, Satire, Family relationships, Church, Homosexuality
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- Boy Erased: A Memoir
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "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, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds."--Publisher's website