
Saving Alex
When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That's When My Nightmare Began
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Narrado por:
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Luci Christian Bell
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Alex Cooper
Days after Alex Cooper told her parents she was gay, they drove Alex from their home in Southern California to Utah, where they signed over guardianship to fellow Mormons who promised to save Alex from her homosexuality.
For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed "residential treatment program" modeled on the many "therapeutic" boot camps scattered across Utah. Alex was physically and verbally abused and forced to stand facing a wall for up to 18 hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks. "God's plan does not apply to gay people," her captors told her, using faith to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law's protection as an openly gay teenager.
Saving Alex is a horrific yet uplifting story of identity, faith, courage, acceptance, and freedom that reveals what happens when religion goes too far and how a group of dedicated Americans and one young woman fought for her rights, including finding the strength and courage to be herself, and how her story has inspired countless others along the way.
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Awesome memoir
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Saving Alex, as a book, is a roller coaster of emotions. Desires for justice, joy at the conclusion to her ordeal, immense feelings of sadness and even tears will wash over you as you read or listen to it. This book needs to be heard by all.
A message for hope and a call to action
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Would you listen to Saving Alex again? Why?
This is a very harrowing story, one that "reads" like a suspense novel.Who was your favorite character and why?
Alex, for her determination and sense of self.Which character – as performed by Luci Christian Bell – was your favorite?
Alex and her lawyer. Both great-- and real, obviously-- characters.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Alex's parents yelling at her to get out of the house when she came out as gay.Any additional comments?
Listen to this. You'll find yourself speaking aloud in horror at certain moments!Harrowing
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Sad Story
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Crazy story, great reader...
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Gives Me Hope
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Just WOW!
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