All-American Boy: A Memoir

In his memoir All-American Boy, Scott Peck poignantly relives the pain and isolation of growing up gay in a Christian Southern community.

In this touching memoir, Peck finds a way through the pain from his childhood, growing up gay without acceptance in the Christian South, and through this emotional journey, he learns to heal from those wounds.

He doesn't hold back while reliving the time when his father, Marine Col. Fred Peck, testified before Congress that there was no place for his gay son in the military. This is merely one of the many big moments shaping the book and the author's life, on top of the religious influences that surrounded him since he was born.

This is a survivor's tale that in its universal appeal brings to mind the most compelling aspects of Gal and Shot in the Heart.

Through the course of these scathing, inspiring, instructive pages, Scott Peck, writer and human being, grows into one hell of a terrific man (Michael Dorris).

Author: Scott Peck
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 12/19/1995
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780684870472

About the Author
Scott Peck is the author of All-American Boy.