Boy Erased (Movie Tie-In): A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family Contributor(s): Conley, Garrard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525538984 ISBN-13: 9780525538981 Publisher: Riverhead Books
Binding Type: Paperback Published: August 2018 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Lgbt |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2017301187 |
Lexile Measure: 1080(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.78 lbs) 352 pages |
Features: Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
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