<strong>John Boyne</strong> – thor of The Boy the Striped Pyjamas – grew up gay Catholic Dubl. Now, after years of silence he is fally ready to wre about sexual abe wh the church – and to talk about the effect has had on his life
Contents:
- JOHN BOYNE'S THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURI ABOUT A GAY MAN POST-WAR IRELAND
- NOVELIST JOHN BOYNE'S GAY TALE EXPLOR FURI OF LOVE
JOHN BOYNE'S THE HEART'S INVISIBLE FURI ABOUT A GAY MAN POST-WAR IRELAND
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”She said if she had to wre about her experience, “I would be wrg about Amerin Jewish girls who grew up Malibu on the beach” is gay and grew up 1980s Dubl when homosexualy was illegal. It’s not easy to be a young, gay teenager and to be told that you’re sick, mentally disorred or need of electroshock therapy, particularly when you hear om someone who groped you on your way to class the day before.
NOVELIST JOHN BOYNE'S GAY TALE EXPLOR FURI OF LOVE
He grew up gay Catholic Ireland – his last book A History Of Lonels centred on child abe the Church – but he wanted his latt story, The Heart's Invisible Furi, about a gay man fdg his way post-war Ireland, to make people lgh through story begs 1945 when a baby is born out of wedlock to a teenage girl st out om her ral muny. "The emotns that he has as a younger person tryg to al wh his sexualy and beg able to exprs to other people is somethg that any gay person would feel faiar wh.