{"product_id":"the-inheritance-of-shame-a-memoir-9781941932087","title":"The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir","description":"\u003ci\u003eRead the book that's getting conversion therapy banned in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Independent Book Publisher Award, Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction and the Saints and Sinners Emerging Writer Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Unforgettable... This book is appallingly appropriate in these times.\" \u003cb\u003e-- FOREWORD REVIEWS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis resonant and acclaimed memoir recounts the six years that the author spent in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to \"cure\" him of his homosexuality, and the inspiring story of how he cast out shame and reclaimed his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Peter Gajdics was under the authority of a dominating, rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents' tormented past-his mother's incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father's upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary, \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Shame\u003c\/i\u003e explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"DEEPLY MOVING.\" -- THE ADVOCATE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"RAW AND UNFLINCHING\" -- KIRKUS REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A HERO'S JOURNEY IN WHICH ANY READER, GAY OR STRAIGHT, CAN FIND INSPIRATION.\" -- LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll over the United States and Canada, districts, cities and states are banning conversion, ex-gay and reparative therapies. A powerful example of \"healing through memoir,\" this book offers the most complete and compelling reason for those bans to date. A groundbreaking memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Inheritance of Shame\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights into overcoming all kinds of shame, especially that which has trickled down from previous generations, and into the complicated but all-too-worthwhile process of forgiveness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brown Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941932087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Peter Gajdics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45058749235381,"sku":"9781941932087","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4a308ca7-cc39-40f7-ba36-9e73364bffc4.jpg?v=1738078275","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-inheritance-of-shame-a-memoir-9781941932087","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}