Boy Erased: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594633010 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Here at last is a story of evangelical homophobia from the inside, from a survivor and former believer, rather than from the incredulous outside. A triumphant, heartfelt story.” —Julia Scheeres, New York Times–bestselling author of Jesus Land and A Thousand Lives"Garrard Conley has a hell of story to tell, but he tells it with complete intelligence and gravity and beauty. This is a book that matters on every level, from the most intimate to the most political, and it settles into the reader's memory perfectly and permanently. Equal parts sympathy and rage, Boy Erased is a necessary, beautiful book.” —Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You"An essential document of
By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. 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. A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. 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-chang
Gut-wrenching SassyPants I am writing this immediately after finishing this difficult book. Boy Erased is the author's story of struggle. He was raised in a strict Baptist home and community. His father was ordained as a Baptist minister while he was in college. And the author is gay. He is outed to his parents by a predatory college student. His parents force him into ex-gay counseling with the evangelical based Love in Action (LIA).. Kenneth Kilgour said This might have been my story. That could have been me. When I came out decades ago, my Mom lovingly suggested that I go hear an ex-gay speaker at our church. I was grown, married, and divorcing. Not being reliant on parents makes it easier to resist such invitations, as does being older. Moreover, I had the support of a loving wife who would have skinned me alive. But about the book.This was more of a history book for me, perhaps because o. Valuable read for any Christian battling with religious rejection Organgrinder1010 "Love it" doesn't quite fit. I found it riveting and read it the day it was delivered. For anyone who has been exposed to right-wing ultra-conservative Christianity it is hard to read because Conley is so candid with the problems he faced when he was outed to his parents and their congregation. His experience with the "ex-gay" movement is horrifying, especially when one realizes that these experiences and wors
He has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf, Sewanee, and Elizabeth Kostova Foundation writers' conferences. Conley currently teaches English literature and promotes LGBTQ equality in Sofia, Bulgaria. . Garrard Conley’s fiction and nonfiction can be found in The Common, The Madison Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere