César L. Baquerizo
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 302 pages Rating: 3.9 | 30 Users | 21 Reviews
Details Containing Books A Safe Place With You
| Title | : | A Safe Place With You |
| Author | : | César L. Baquerizo |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 302 pages |
| Published | : | June 14th 2016 by Pen Name Publishing (first published January 1st 2013) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. LGBT. Romance |
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"Grow And Live Normally" is a clinic in Ecuador that was opened to treat general addictions before moving to what the religious families viewed as the ultimate sin - homosexuality. The center boasts that they alone are able to cure families of this hidden secret inflicting their children. The unfortunate youths are misunderstood in a time when homosexuality was not just frowned upon, but also illegal. They are sent to the clinic by their families where they are held against their will in the sexual reorientation wing. They find themselves subjected to physical and emotional trauma that tests their strength to survive and their courage to fight for their identities.Inspired by true events, "A Safe Place With You" follows a young man named Tomás DÃaz and his group of new found friends as they try to find themselves during an era of heightened ignorance and hatred.
Will they be able to survive the closed doors of Grow and Live Normally?
At its core, this is a story about love.
Mention Books As A Safe Place With You
| Original Title: | A Safe Place With You |
| ISBN: | 1941541925 (ISBN13: 9781941541920) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books A Safe Place With You
Ratings: 3.9 From 30 Users | 21 ReviewsNotice Containing Books A Safe Place With You
A Safe Place With You is a book that truly let's you in to a world unvisited by most. Unless you fit into the category of LGBTQI. I didn't even know there was an "I" to add- so it's true, you learn something new! (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) Anyway, the author, César L. Baquerizo has done his homework. He's also an open book, sharing the most intricate of experiences in his life, as well as the perspicacity of others. The story, A Safe Place with You,I got an ARC of this book and I was really excited because it was my first one. I'm an avid reader, but usually too lazy to write up reviews or build up a blog or Instagram so I was lucky that the author sent me the book (thanks, Cesar!) The story immediately caught my eye which is why I wanted to read it and contacted the author. It's an LGBT debut novel about people in conversion therapy in a time when homosexuality was illegal and was actually considered a disease. I've read very few LGBT
The harrowing experience of being tossed into an antigay 're-education' camp to remove homosexuality is given a darkly dramatic treatment in Baqerizo's partial roman-a-clef. Spiteful, overtly Catholic and vengeful people, including his family, abuse and abandon Tomas. He finds love, but it's a dangerous hope in this Ecuador version of the fraudulent 'ex-gay therapy' that pervades U.S. communities as well.While the message is important, it was difficult to endure the religious idiocy and violence
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The author sent me this book so that I could give a honest review and this is it. I loved the book.. I loved the characters and the story. What made this book a 4 star instead of 5 is the language was abit weird at times.. And the beginning felt abit like a history lesson at school and I also think the end part was abit to long. This book is about a theme I have never read about before and I admit it was a bit difficult to get into in the beginning but once I got into it.. It sucked me in. I
Reading allows us to see other lives. It lets us learn about other cultures that are different from our own. But reading also brings humanity closer, because it shows us where we are the same. As an American, I saw where America has gone wrong and were it has done right. As a Christian, I was reminded that the most important thing is love. This books should be read so that we will better know those who are different from us, and so that we will better know ourselves, and how we are all really
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