Paperback, 288 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 1996 by HarperOne.
4 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Biography: general
- Coping with death & bereavement
- Gay studies (Gay men)
- Suicide
- Suicidal behavior
- Gay Studies
- Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Social Science
- Biography / Autobiography
- Biography/Autobiography
- Griffith, Robert Warren,
- Gay men
- General
- Social Science / General
- United States
- 1963-1983
- Diaries
- Family relationships