Prayers for Bobby

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bobby Griffith was an all-American boy ...and he was gay. Faced with an irresolvable conflict - for both his family and his religion taught him that being gay was wrong - Bobby chose to take his own life.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Prayers for Bobby nominated for a 1996 Lambda Literary Award is the true story of the emotional journey that led Bobby to this tragic conclusion. But it is also the story of Bobby's mother Mary Griffith a fearful churchgoer who first prayed that her son would be healed then anguished over his suicide and ultimately transformed herself into a national crusader for gay and lesbian youth.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As told through Bobby's poignant journal entries and his mother's reminiscences Prayers for Bobby is at once a moving personal story a true profile in courage and a call to arms to parents everywhere. </span></p><p></p><p>The critically-acclaimed film <em>Prayers for Bobby</em> - adapted from the book by Leroy Aarons - stars Sigourney Weaver Henry Czerny Dan Butler and Ryan Kelley and was two-time Emmy Award nominated (Outstanding Made For Television Movie; Best Lead Actress - Sigourney Weaver) and won the 2010 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Movie / Miniseries.</p><p></p><p>Blackstone Publishing released the 30th Anniversary Edition of the audiobook - read by Wentworth Miller - in 2024.</p><p></p><p>The original edition of Prayers for Bobby was published in 1995 by HarperCollins. </p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>More information at www.prayersforbobby.com</span></p>