| Edition |
First Riverhead trade paperback edition |
| Descript |
352 s. 338 sidor 2.5 cm |
| Note |
"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 zcurey 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 |
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Conley, Garrard
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Gays -- United States -- Biography
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Sexual reorientation programs -- United States
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Ex-gay movement -- United States
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Gays -- Identity
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Gay men -- United States
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Homosexualitet
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Sexuell läggning
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Förenta staterna
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USA
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| Classmark |
306.766092 B
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780735213463 häftad |
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9780735213463 pocket |
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