{"product_id":"1530037","title":"Boy Erased. A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family by Garrard Conley","description":"A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton.. 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 “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. 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. This 2018 William Collins Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e fair condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Cover well worn with stains on back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780008276980 SKU: 1530037 \u003ci\u003eThis image is of the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48528278225173,"sku":"1530037","price":10.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1530037_96513d67-4e59-4045-93b5-0964fcc654d8.jpg?v=1744263417","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1530037","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}