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Title: Boy Erased
Author: Garrard Conley
Plot Outline: Boy Erased is a memoir by Garrard Conley, who as the son of a Baptist pastor in a small Arkansas town, was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When he was 19, he was outed to his parents and given an ultimatum: attend a church-supported gay conversion therapy program or risk losing his family, friends, and faith. The book chronicles his harrowing journey through the institutionalized Twelve-Step Program, which aimed to "cure" his homosexuality through Bible study. Ultimately, Conley finds the strength to break free from the program and embark on a path toward self-acceptance and forgiveness, exploring the complex interplay of family, faith, and community.
Awards and Reviews: ** The book was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. *O Magazine* featured it as a top nonfiction book of 2016 and stated, "Every sentence of the story will stir your soul". *The Washington Post* praised it as "[a] powerful convergence of events that Conley portrays eloquently". *The Los Angeles Times* noted, "The power of Conley's story resides not only in the vividly depicted grotesqueries of the therapy system, but in his lyrical writing about sexuality and love, and his reflections on the Southern family and culture that shaped him".
The 2018 movie Boy Erased starring Nicole Kidman, Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe and Troye Sivan is based on this book.
Genre: Memoir, Gay Themed, Gay Conversion Therapy, Young Adult
Book Type: Soft Back
Year First Published: 2016
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