Prayers for Bobby
A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son

This book was very good. I watched the movie first, and cried and cried my heart out, and I highly recommend watching the movie before you read this book, so you can more fully appreciate it. The book deals also with the history of gay and lesbian teens and advocating for their rights, and at points......more

This is one book that every gay child, (and every parent to a gay child,) should read. It tells the story of Bobby Griffith, a son born into a nuclear family with strong Christian values, and the events that unfold after Bobby commits suicide shortly after coming out to his family as a gay man. The......more

Absolutely heartbreaking, at times I needed to get away from it. As a gay men realizing at an early age that I was different, certainly from my 7 Brother and not knowing what it was all about, then being brought up in a staunch Calvinist home, were god was the ultimate authority, sex was not te be d......more

I had heard of the book and had it in my possession long before I read it. I had seen the Lifetime movie with Sigourney Weaver in 2009 and cried at toward the end. I have met Ryan Kelley, the actor who played Bobby in the movie. He's quite nice. He even signed my copy of the book. As for the book, i......more

The subtitle should be: "A Christian Mother's Coming to Terms with Her Role in the Suicide of Her Gay Son." The writer approaches the topic with the precision and objectivity of a psychotherapist in session with a new client. Family history and family relationships create the environment in which Bo......more