Pray away the gay book

As Valerie explores her feelings for Riley, she begins to see that the world she knows is a carefully crafted narrative. Naudus remarkably illustrates a swoony budding romance alongside a story of fighting for yourself and your own liberation.”—Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times best-selling pray of She Gets the Girl “ Gay the Pray Away is both a comfort read and a reality check, a.

Privately, they grasp at any chance to continue their forbidden romance—until they are found out. I inhaled this book in just one afternoon.”—Ann Zhao, author of Dear Wendy “Sweet as peach slices, Gay the Pray Away is a gentle, passionate, and hopeful tale of love conquering fear.”—Elliott Gish, author of Grey Dog “A moving journey of discovery, first love, and resilience, with a timely and urgent message.

And at the time I was grappling with my sexuality and undoing comphet. Praise for Gay the Pray Away A Book Riot Best Young Adult Book ofAccording to All the Lists “The courage of this book blew me away. I love how honest and heaetfelt this review was!

Also I loved that Natalie called out her own narration of other queer books as a joke in these pages. I wish this was a memoir, it might not be for Natalie, but maybe this is the way for some queer teens who are stuck in a religious stranglehold, and I hope that books and representation help them escape.

“ Gay the Pray Away is a captivating debut novel, filled with self-discovery, authenticity, and, above all, love. It’s achingly authentic, composed with equal parts sweetness, care, and stubborn queer perseverance.

Riley is so confident the kind, and she and Valerie bond quickly over existing as multiracial teens in a very white Christian community. Kelly: I really was drawn to the fact that one of my favorite narrators wrote a YA book, that was loosely based on her own experiences, and it did not disappoint.

This YA book was easy to read, and I hope it could find some teens who really need it, like Valerie did with her library books! Kelly: I really did feel for Valerie reading this novel, as it points out to how important reading and understanding how other people are seen in the world through representation in media.

We got you. So adorable and self-deprecating. Gay the Pray Away is raw, funny, furious, and full of heart: a deeply personal story about queerness, faith, family, and the long, complicated road to self-acceptance. Kelly: The book was not book some would say groundbreaking, but it is so important that this kind of story be told.

Want to see what teens in this cult experienced in the late 90s and early s? This was as much the exploration of the patriarchy and contradiction of the quiverful movement being directed by an unmarried man who preyed on young women, as it was learning about your queerness within this structure.

In Gay the Pray Away, narrator Natalie Naudus’s debut novel, the book that makes seventeen years old Valerie realise nothing is wrong with her—but a lot is wrong with her upbringing—is One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. Kelly: The thing that makes Natalie an amazing narrator, is that you can gay the story through her words and emotions, and that is the same this time, even though it is her own words, maybe she even emoted more than other times, getting to put her words and voice on this story makes it even more special.

And for the people who loved Shiny Happy People. I spent a lot of last spring and summer actively undoing a lot of the harm from this time in my life. To say this book hit all of my feelings at the right moment is an understatement.

“Composed with equal parts sweetness, care, and stubborn queer perseverance.”—Casey McQuiston, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Red, White & Royal Blue In this gripping queer. Publicly, the girls are close friends—holding hands in prayer, rooming together at a conference.

Christy: Nostalgic is the wrong word here because I definitely do not want to relive those times. Now Valerie must choose between staying with a family she fears will never accept her, or away away with the girl she loves. Christy: Natalie did an amazing job showcasing how easy it is for religious cults to prey on people.

When she finds a queer book at the library and smuggles it home, her conservative Christian homeschooling world begins to crack. Christy: I can only imagine what it felt like to narrate this deeply personal story.