by Garrard Conley
A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding.
Boy Erased
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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.
Additional information
| Book Condition | Used – Like New |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | 340 pages |
| Published | October 22, 2018 by William Collins. First published May 10, 2016 |
| Genre | Nonfiction, Biography, LGBTQ, Memoir, Religion |
| Awards | Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Memoir/Biography (2016) |
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