{"product_id":"book-17rb","title":"Boy, Interrupted: A Southern Memoir of Faith, Identity, and Becoming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoy, Interrupted: A Southern Memoir of Faith, Identity, and Becoming\u003c\/strong\u003e is a powerful true story of a Black, queer boy growing up in rural Georgia-surviving poverty, shame, trauma, and heartbreak, and rising into the man he was always meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart coming-of-age narrative, part spiritual testimony, and part exploration of identity and resilience, this memoir follows the author from the dirt roads of Upson County to college dorms in Savannah, and into classrooms, communities, and landscapes where he begins to claim freedom, purpose, and self-love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough unforgettable figures-a grandmother who was sanctuary, a mother battling illness and addiction, a distant father, and a boy navigating queerness in the rural South-the story reveals how a life can be interrupted again and again… and still bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith honesty, humor, and lyrical insight, the memoir explores faith, queerness, Southern identity, grief, mental health, masculinity, childhood trauma, and generational survival. Readers witness a boy teased for his softness, a teen praying away parts of himself, and a young man rebuilding what the world tried to break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut \u003cem\u003eBoy, Interrupted\u003c\/em\u003e is not just about surviving-it's about becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who has ever felt different, broken, unseen, or interrupted, this memoir offers a powerful truth: your soul can still finish the sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50783016026416,"sku":"BD17rb","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/17rb-Square-cover.jpg?v=1772085074","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-17rb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}