God says no

By James Hannaham

Subjects: Man-woman relationships, fiction, African Americans, Religious life, Blacks, fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ conversion therapy, Christian gay men, Stonewall Book Awards, Tennessee, fiction, Fiction, christian, general, African American gay men, LGBTQ novels

Description: Gary Gray marries his first girlfriend, a fellow student from Central Florida Christian College who loves Disney World as much as he does. They are nineteen years old, God-fearing, and eager to start a family, but a week before their wedding Gary goes into a waffle house bathroom and lets something happen. God says no is his testimony--the story of a young Black Christian struggling with desire and belief, with his love for his wife and his appetite for other men, told in a singular, soulful voice. Driven by desperation and religious visions, the path that Gary Gray takes--from revival meetings to "out" life in Atlanta to a pray-away-the-gay ministry--gives a riveting picture of how a life like his can be lived, and how it can't--Publisher's description.