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Prayers For Bobby: A Mothers Coming To Terms With The Suicide Of Her Gay Son
Author: Aarons, Leroy
Paperback; Illustrations 271 pages Published: September 1996 HarperCollins Publishers Inc
ISBN: 0062511238
Bobby Griffith, at the age of 15, realized that he was gay and in conflict with his religious upbringing. Through Bobby's journal entries and his mother's reminiscences we learn of the emotional torment that led Bobby to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby takes readers through his mother's anguish and disbelief to her transformation from biblical literalist to enlightened parent.Draws on the diaries of Bobby Griffith, a gay youth who committed suicide, to trace his mother's struggle to face her son's sexuality.

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