Saving Alex when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began
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 Souther...
| Main Authors: | Cooper, Alex, 1994- (Author), Brooks, Joanna, 1971- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.