Edition |
First Riverhead Books paperback movie tie-in edition. |
Description |
340 pages ; 21 cm |
Summary |
"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. |
Subject |
Conley, Garrard.
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Conley, Garrard. |
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Gays -- United States -- Biography.
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Gays. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Conversion therapy -- United States.
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Conversion therapy. |
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Ex-gay movement -- United States.
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Ex-gay movement. |
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Gay people -- Identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Gays -- Identity. |
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Gay men -- United States.
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Gay men. |
Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Subject |
Homosexuals. |
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Ex-gay movement. |
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Gay men. |
Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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ISBN |
0525538984 (softcover) |
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9780525538981 (softcover) |
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9781594633010 |
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