Things I Never Told My Father: Growing Up Gay as a Preacher’s Son by Jeffrey L. Carrier

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Things I Never Told My Father: Growing Up Gay as a Preacher’s Son
Author: Jeffrey L. Carrier
Publisher: Anson Breck Publishing
ISBN: ‎ 979-8990311701
eBook ISBN: 979-8990311718
Genre: Memoir, Non-Fiction, Family Relationships, Inspirational, Coming of Age
Availability: Paperback or eBook
Language: ‎ English
Paperback: ‎ 348 pages
Item Weight: 1.12 pounds
Dimensions: 6 x 0.78 x 9 inches

Explore Authors Mini Review:

“A young man struggles with his sexuality growing up under a preacher in the bible belt during the 60’s in this heart-rending memoir that intersects guilt, religion, loss, and love.”  ★★★★★ – Explore Authors Magazine

Explore Author Review:

Best-selling author Sheila Murray Bethel once said, “One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” Sometimes, someone can stumble upon this courage on their own time, while others are forced to find this courage during times of strife.

In Jeffrey L Carrier’s Things I Never Told My Father: Growing Up Gay as a Preacher’s Son, we are taken on the lifelong journey of a man finding that courage. (Full Review Here)

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About the Book:

It isn’t easy growing up in the Bible Belt of East Tennessee when you start having same-sex fantasies as a child, especially when your father is a preacher who thinks that homosexuality is a sin.

Moments of pleasure and the torment of guilt intersect in this memoir by Jeffrey L. Carrier. Exploring his sexuality and trying to make sense of his feelings, he takes us along on his journey of acceptance. Beginning with his childhood in the 1960s, he introduces us to the people who helped him along the way, including his grandmothers, an aunt with a refreshingly open mind, two strong southern women, and a kind and nurturing professor’s wife in Michigan.

The joy and pain of loving another man for the first time climaxes with a suicide attempt, and we follow Jeffrey’s journey as he leaves the hills of Tennessee for the skyscrapers of Manhattan. There, he finally comes to terms with his sexuality as the AIDS crisis of the 1980s looms large in the background. His life takes another turn when he meets a long-retired actress trying to reclaim her lost fame by penning her memoirs. She introduces him to a life of old-Hollywood glamour.

By turns romantic, heart-wrenching and sentimental, the book is a delightful story of love, loss and gay life in modern America.

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