Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son

Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
by Leroy Aarons

Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son
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Author: Leroy Aarons
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09-20
ISBN: 0062511238
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: HarperOne
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Book Review: An Excellent Book Everyone Should Read
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful book, and goes into a lot more detail than the movie did. The way Mary Griffith turned her life around and realized that the reason God didn't answer her prayers to "cure" her son was that there was nothing wrong with him, is message to all of us. Bobby was a perfectly normal young man, who could not find the love and support of his family, friends and church. It's a very sad world we live in when people are taunted, teased, tortured and even killed for loving someone. We can all learn a lesson from this book. I highly recommend it to anyone.

Summary of Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son

Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict-for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was "wrong"-Bobby chose to take his own life.

Prayers for Bobby, nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award, is the story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother, a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be "healed," then anguished over his suicide, and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth.

As told through Bobby's poignant journal entries and his mother's reminiscences, Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story, a true profile in courage, and a call to arms to parents everywhere.

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