{"product_id":"9780008276980","title":"Boy Erased : A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Conley, Garrard \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 21\/05\/2018,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 352 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008276980,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A necessary, beautiful book’ Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A brilliant memoir’ Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 institutionalised 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 heartbreaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697325408300,"sku":"9780008276980","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008276980_33ca092b-3e10-4363-b094-8ef7b502e826.jpg?v=1759668657","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008276980","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}