Special thanks to Net Galley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for permitting me to read this work prior to its release as an .epub. 

The accounts of conversion therapy, rejection from loved ones and self-loathing are deeply  difficult to read. Though skewed towards white queer people (a fact the author acknowledges), I'm sure many queer people of different races and faiths would be able to identify with the struggle to be accepted by your family and community, and the desperate efforts/sacrifices someone would make to be considered "normal". This non-fiction work evokes a lot of introspection and sympathy- two things that will serve us well in the years ahead.