A01=Scott Peck
Author_Scott Peck
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Christian South
Christianity
coming of age
don't ask don't tell
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father son relationship
gay author
gay Christian
gay in the south
gay memoir
growing up
growing up in the South
hate
homophobia
intolerance
lgbtq author
lgbtq memoir
military
prejudice
queer author
religion
religious family
sexual identity
sexuality
Product details
- ISBN 9780684870472
- Weight: 297g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1999
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In his memoir All-American Boy, Scott Peck poignantly relives the pain and isolation of growing up gay in a Christian Southern community.
In this touching memoir, Peck finds a way through the pain from his childhood, growing up gay without acceptance in the Christian South, and through this emotional journey he learns to heal from those wounds. He doesn't hold back while reliving the time when his father, Marine Col. Fred Peck, testified before Congress that there was no place for his gay son in the military. This is merely one of the many big moments shaping the book and the author's life, on top of the religious influences that surrounded him since he was born. This is a "survivor's tale that in its universal appeal brings to mind the most compelling aspects of Gal and Shot in the Heart. Through the course of these scathing, inspiring, instructive pages, Scott Peck, writer and human being, grows into one hell of a terrific man" (Michael Dorris).
In this touching memoir, Peck finds a way through the pain from his childhood, growing up gay without acceptance in the Christian South, and through this emotional journey he learns to heal from those wounds. He doesn't hold back while reliving the time when his father, Marine Col. Fred Peck, testified before Congress that there was no place for his gay son in the military. This is merely one of the many big moments shaping the book and the author's life, on top of the religious influences that surrounded him since he was born. This is a "survivor's tale that in its universal appeal brings to mind the most compelling aspects of Gal and Shot in the Heart. Through the course of these scathing, inspiring, instructive pages, Scott Peck, writer and human being, grows into one hell of a terrific man" (Michael Dorris).
Scott Peck is the author of All-American Boy.
