Prayers for Bobby : A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son

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Summary: A Must Read
Review: This is the story of a remarkable woman's struggle to accept her gay son and his suicide. She is a role modelfor us all and through this book, she is now a friend for many who are engaged in their own struggle to accept themselves as gay in this horribly homophobic society.The author gives us the power to feel her pain, to experience her growth, to live her liberation. One place he muses... will it take a figurative land mine in each case to make other people change. I was very moved by her comments on the church..."I have a certain amount of guilt, but the church doesn't seem to have any." And, "We are the guardian angels. We have the power." And, "Once my beliefs were my reality; now my reality forms my belief." This book shows us the deadly sins of the church and allow us to share in a woman's journey to find a truth and a faith that gave her life real meaning.

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Summary: What a wonderful book this is
Review: Well, I feel sorry for Bobby and his mom, from the bottom of my heart. I feel sorry for all of the Christians who are so deep into their beliefs that they cannot see what is going on. They don't see how much hurt they give to their friends, family and many more. I know Bobby, because I am one person like Bobby, and have to deal with friends who can't see anything with their simple minds. This book gave me strength, and hopefully will open hearts of many Christians, bur for some simple minded ones (couple of reviewers here), and nothing will work. Some people are so into it that they cannot even see that they are the sinners and not beautiful confused gay people. All of people have to read this book. This book is full of soul, heart, and sadness. It was hard to read it, it made me even more sad, and it made me push away my friends Christians, because their presence hurts me once in a while, it really does hurt me, and it's just because I love them so much, and don't want them to be the way they are. The ways they are hurting other people, and even don't know. Hopefully this book will open their eyes. I just hope so.