Garrard Conley - Eltörölt boy

The son of a car salesman turned Baptist minister, Garrard Conley was forced to make a life-changing decision in front of his parents at the age of nineteen. Either he agrees to participate in a church-sponsored therapy program that "cures" him of homosexuality, or he loses everything, his family, his friends, and the God he prayed to every day.
With the institutionalized program of Love in Action and the help of the Bible, he should have risen as a heterosexual, cleansed of sinful impulses and stronger in his faith in God. However, despite the gruesome and brutal methods, Garrard eventually found the strength that led him to discover his true self and to forgive and break out.
Faced with the weight of a buried past and years spent in the shadows, Garrard traces the complex relationships of family, faith and community. The Lost Boy is a beautiful, honest and touching memoir about love and understanding. A testament to all-conquering love.
The book was made into a movie by Joel Edgerton starring Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe and Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges.