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Boy erased : a memoir of identity, faith, and, family / Garrard Conley.
A beautiful, raw, and compassionate memoir from a survivor of 'ex-gay' therapy. The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life, Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. At nineteen, he was outed to his parents and forced to make a life-changing decision. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on intense Bible study, he would potentially emerge heterosexual, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in God for his brush with sin. But it didn't quite go that way; instead Garrard went on a harrowing journey on his search for identity, for love and understanding, and emerged on the other side transformed. By confronting his buried past, Garrard has charted the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives in the face of tragedy.
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- ISBN: 9780525538981 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2016.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Valemount Public Library | anf 306.766 con (Text) | 35194014280846 | Adult non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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A survivor of a church-supported sexual orientation conversion therapy facility that claimed to "cure" homosexuality describes its institutionalized, intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family, friends, and God. - Penguin Putnam
The New York Times bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. "Every sentence of the story will stir your soul" (O Magazine).
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.
