{"product_id":"boy-erased-a-memoir-of-identity-faith-and-family-9780735213463","title":"Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith, and Family","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This brave and bracing memoir is an urgent reminder that America remains a place where queer people have to fight for their lives... Equal parts sympathy and rage, \u003ci\u003eBoy Erased\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary, beautiful book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eGarth Greenwell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Every sentence of the story will stir your soul\" --\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir about a young man's traumatizing experiences in gay conversion therapy, and his journey to overcome shame and embrace his queer identity in the midst of deep-rooted bigotry. The inspiration for the film starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy 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, \u003ci\u003eBoy Erased \u003c\/i\u003eis a testament to love that survives despite all odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Garrard Conley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735213463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarrard Conley is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eBoy Erased\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated in over a dozen languages and is now a major motion picture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConley is also a creator and producer of the podcast \u003ci\u003eUnErased\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the history of conversion therapy in America through interviews, historical documents, and archival materials provided by the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis work can be found in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCNN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, among other places. Conley lives in New York City with his husband, and is currently at work on a novel about queer 18th century lives. He can be found online @gayrodcon and garrardconley.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Garrard Conley \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48351833456797,"sku":"9780735213463","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_192b9a3c-a232-429a-9e15-7b31ab370d44.jpg?v=1779982234","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/boy-erased-a-memoir-of-identity-faith-and-family-9780735213463","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}