"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God , author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.
Before I listened to the audiobook, I had no idea who the author was but I could tell that she was an exceptionally talented writer. Her memoir was so poetic, it was very moving. It made me wish I could listen to her for hours more than the time allotted to narrating the audiobook. I also thought that she beautifully captured her journey away from, towards and with God.
I usually usually rate each book I read but I decided to make an exception for Gay Girl, Good Girl. Given that I fall outside of the LGBTQ+ community, and because I'm still searching for answers myself in terms of understanding Christian theology vis-à-vis sexual orientation, I didn't think it's my place to make a judgement call in terms of rating Gay Girl, Good God. Because let's face it, 5 stars is as good as agreeing with Perry's views and 1 star is an outright opposition.
In any case, this is such a well-written and intensely personal memoir that regardless of whether or not anyone subscribes to Perry's views, it'd be a shame to ignore the literary merits.
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