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
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TextEdition: First editionDescription: 248 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780062374608 (hardcover); 0062374605 (hardcover); 9780062467393; 0062467395Subject(s): Cooper, Alex, 1994- | Mormon gays -- United States -- BiographyGenre/Form: Autobiographies. DDC classification: 289.3092 | B LOC classification: BX8695.C57 | A3 2016
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Summary: A memoir from Alex Cooper, who knew "she was holding a secret that could shatter her family, her church community, and her life. Yet when this secret couldn't be hidden any longer, she told her parents that she was gay, and the nightmare began. She was driven from her home in Southern California to Utah, where, against her will, her parents handed her over to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality"--Dust jacket flap
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
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/COO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500045022 |
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| 921/CON My losing season / | 921/CON Joseph Conrad / | 921/CON True north : | 921/COO Saving Alex : | 921 COO Easy beauty : a memoir / | 921/COOPER Dispatches from the edge : | 921/CRO A reporter's life / |
Includes bibliographical referenes (page 248)
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
A memoir from Alex Cooper, who knew "she was holding a secret that could shatter her family, her church community, and her life. Yet when this secret couldn't be hidden any longer, she told her parents that she was gay, and the nightmare began. She was driven from her home in Southern California to Utah, where, against her will, her parents handed her over to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality"--Dust jacket flap
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