It's always difficult for a child to confess to her parents she is gay, regardless of how liberal or conservative her family might be. "Are There Closets in Heaven?" shows real lives behind debates taking place in today's media about same-sex marriage, constitutional amendments, gays and lesbians raising children, and religion.

When the daughter is part of a devout Catholic family living in a small rural community, the parent-child relationship is exposed to even greater risk, often beyond repair. "Are There Closets in Heaven?" is a revealing first-person dialogue between a lesbian daughter, who had always dutifully tried to please her parents, and her Catholic father, an eighty-one-year-old farmer from Iowa. Through their letters and reflections, we see how courage and love made it possible for Bob and Carol Curoe to navigate the twists and turns of such a dramatic shift in their lives. This highly personal and often emotional exchange offers a gift of hope and inspiration to families who struggle with learning their child is not what they expected.

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196 pages