{"product_id":"9780802196309","title":"God Says No","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Lambda Award Finalist: a black gay man struggles with his marriage, faith, and desires in this \"tender, funny tour of a mind struggling to do the right thing\" (Steve Martin).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   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, God-fearing, and eager to start a family. But a week before their wedding Gary goes into a rest-stop bathroom and lets something happen.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   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, emotional voice. Driven by desperation and religious visions, the path that Gary takes-from revival meetings to out life in Atlanta to a pray-away-the-gay ministry in Memphis, Tennessee-gives a riveting picture of how a life like his can be lived, and how it can't.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Stonewall Book Award Pick 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    Finalist for the 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Debut Fiction \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A revelatory and sympathetic guide to a misunderstood world.\" -Steve Martin, author of Shopgirl and Born Standing Up\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46545980227825,"sku":"9780802196309","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780802196309_p0.jpg?v=1773310300","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802196309","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}