{"product_id":"books-boy-erased-movie-tie-in-by-garrard-conley","title":"Boy Erased (Movie Tie-In)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling 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\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003e 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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480347238673,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780525538981.jpg?v=1777546393","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-boy-erased-movie-tie-in-by-garrard-conley","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}