Boy Erased: A Memoir of Identity, Faith and Family
- ISBN-10
- 0008276986
- ISBN-13
- 9780008276980
- Category
- Autobiographies
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-05-21
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Author
- Garrard Conley
Description
A poignant account by a survivor of a church-supported sexual orientation conversion therapy facility that claimed to 'cure' homosexuality describes its intense Bible study program and the daily threats of his abandonment by family, friends and God, an experience that transformed the author's relationships and self-understandings"--NoveList
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