Description
| Product ID: | 9781775542018 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Excommunicated |
| Subtitle: | A heart-wrenching and compelling memoir about a family torn apart by one of New Zealand's most secretive religious sects for readers of Driving to Treblinka and Educated |
| Authors: | Author: Craig Hoyle |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: religious and spiritual, Autobiography: religious & spiritual, Christianity, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Gay studies (Gay men), Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Australia, New Zealand, 20th century, 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A heart-wrenching multigenerational family memoir by an excommunicated member of the Exclusive Brethren After coming out as gay, Craig Hoyle was excommunicated from the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren and forced to say goodbye to his family forever. The conservative sect was everything he'd ever known - a childhood where television, pop music, sports and even pets were against the rules. Joining public society - the 'worldlies' - for the first time, Craig sets out to meet his grandfather who was excommunicated in the 1980s and, using his diaries and letters, uncovers two centuries and seven generations of the family's tangled and often cruel relationship with the Brethren. Weaving their past with Craig's own upbringing in this secretive and oppressive religious group, Excommunicated charts the evolution of the Exclusive Brethren in New Zealand and the heartwrenching stories of a family torn apart. |
| Imprint Name: | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-11-01 |