| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
354 pages ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"The Inheritance of Shame details the six years author Peter Gajdics spent in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to zcurey him of his homosexuality. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, 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 — Gajdics’ story explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. Told over a period of decades, the book shows us the damaging repercussions of conversion therapy and reminds us that resilience, compassion, and the courage to speak the truth exist within us all"--Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Gajdics, Peter, 1964-
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Gajdics, Peter, 1964- -- Family.
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Gay men -- Canada -- Biography.
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Gay men -- Family relationships -- Biography.
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Conversion therapy -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781941932087 (paperback) |
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1941932088 (paperback) |
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