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Author:

Cooper, Alex, 1994- author.

Title:

Saving Alex : when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began / Alex Cooper with Joanna Brooks.

Publisher:

HarperOne,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

248 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cooper, Alex,--1994-
Mormon gays--United States--Biography.

Other Authors:

Brooks, Joanna, 1971- author.

Contents:

Prologue : dead end -- Families are forever -- Cracks in the plan -- Just this one girl -- Opening up -- "Get out. Just go!" -- Welcome to Utah -- "I'm going to be here a long time" -- "You think you are gay, but that's not how God made you." -- Free to choose -- The burden of homosexuality -- Invisible -- Giving in -- Going back to school -- Can't take another day -- Safe -- Going home -- Standing strong -- Moving on -- Sharing my story.

Summary:

The author recalls her experiences as a teenager in an unlicensed Mormon treatment program intended to cure her of lesbianism, detailing the beatings, verbal abuse, and cruelty she endured, as well as the historic legal case surrounding it.

ISBN:

006245529X (audio)
9780062455291 (audio)
0062374621 (e-book)
9780062374622 (e-book)
0062374605 (hardcover)
9780062374608 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2015031520

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