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lukeswinney 's review for:
Boy Erased: A Memoir
by Garrard Conley
Even growing up gay in the south, I still can't imagine what the author went through to write this book. And for that I count myself extremely lucky. Reading about Conley's journey through gay conversion therapy was heartbreakingly vulnerable. I was most struck with how the author humanized everyone around him, even the so-called "professionals" conducting his therapy. They were real people with real decisions, feelings and motivations. They weren't simply the "evil enemy."
Not an easy book to read by any means, but an important one. Interested to see the film version when it's released.
Not an easy book to read by any means, but an important one. Interested to see the film version when it's released.