Book
Boy erased : a memoir / Garrard Conley.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594633010
- ISBN: 9781594633010
- ISBN: 1594633010 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781594633010
- ISBN: 1594633010
- ISBN: 9780735213463
- ISBN: 0735213461
- Physical Description: 340 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Riverhead Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | "The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality as a young man. 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, because of his brush with sin, stronger in his faith in God. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to search for his true self, empathy, and forgiveness. By examining and excavating 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." -- Dust jacket. |
| Summary, etc.: | "A poignant account by a survivor of a church-supported sexual orientation conversion therapy facility that claimed to 'cure' homosexuality describes its intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family, friends and God, an experience that transformed the author's relationships and self-understandings"--NoveList. "The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality as a young man. 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, because of his brush with sin, stronger in his faith in God. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to search for his true self, empathy, and forgiveness. By examining and excavating 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"--Dust jacket. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Conley, Garrard. Gays > United States > Biography. Sexual reorientation programs > United States. Ex-gay movement > United States. Gays > Identity. Gay men > United States. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 15 of 15 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Ridgefield Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgefield Library | 306.766 CON (Text) | 34010142100501 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beacon Falls Public Library | B CON (Text) | 33120152857378 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | 306.766/CONLEY (Text) | 34029137442835 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 306.76 CON (Text) | 34014137477239 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | 306.7 Con (Text) | 33180133754227 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Derby Neck Library | B CONLEY (Text) | 34046155825725 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Killingly Library | B CONLEY (Text) | 34040134353768 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Killingworth Library Association | 306.76 CON (Text) | 33420144991396 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mark Twain Library Association - Redding | 306.76 Con (Text) | 33620139897926 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| New Milford Public Library | B CONLEY (Text) | 34021133239836 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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