{"product_id":"boy-erased-garrard-conley","title":"Boy Erased (Garrard Conley)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING LUCAS HEDGES, RUSSELL CROWE AND NICOLE KIDMAN, AND WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JOEL EDGERTON\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'A necessary, beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e            \u003cstrong\u003e'A brilliant memoir' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e          \u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eWhen 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\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 heartbreaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrard Conley's fiction and nonfiction can be found in \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVice\u003c\/em\u003e and on CNN.com, \u003cem\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. He has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf, Sewanee, and Elizabeth Kostova Foundation writers' conferences. A finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for \u003cem\u003eBoy Erased\u003c\/em\u003e, Conley lives and teaches in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66142316593501,"sku":"K069347760","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/6934776000001A.jpg?v=1791405568","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/boy-erased-garrard-conley","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}