@article{845232,
      author = {Conley, Garrard,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/845232},
      title = {Boy erased : a memoir of identity, faith, and family /},
      abstract = {"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. 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. 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."--Publisher's website.},
      recid = {845232},
      pages = {340 pages ;},
}