{"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\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir about identity, love and understanding. Now a major motion picture starring Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Lucas Hedges, directed by Joel Edgerton. \"Every sentence of the story will stir your soul\" (\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\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\u003ci\u003eUnErased\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores the history of conversion therapy in America through interviews, historical documents, and archival materials provided by the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis work can be found in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":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617371361554,"sku":"9780735213463","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe51a70d-88d1-45a2-a615-1f7f83e1c09d.jpg?v=1732517483","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/boy-erased-a-memoir-of-identity-faith-and-family-9780735213463","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}