{"product_id":"blessed-cure-by-mario-cesar","title":"Blessed Cure by Mario Cesar","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container__content u-separator-right\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"post-text\"\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince he was a child, Acacio do Nascimento was a different boy from others. He rather playing with dolls to playing soccer, the hula hoop interested him more than cowboy pistols. Scared by the possibility of their son was a homosexual, Mara and Galdino submit Acacio since he was five years old to several treatments for him to become a normal boy like the others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBlessed Cure narrates Acacio's life through the decades since the 60's. Each chapter shows the provocations of other children at school, the awakening of his sexuality as a teenager, the demands of his parents for him to fit in with the standards dictated by the majority, the beginning of his adult life, the first time he falls in love with another man, the persecution of the Brazilian military dictatorship against LGBTQ+ people, the prejudice in the workplace and the dilemma between following his most intimate instincts or going according to what society imposes and marrying a woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscover if Acacio will keep on living a heteronormative life he never chose for himself or if he's going to live his truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 312 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43847825948887,"sku":"","price":12.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781908030542.jpg?v=1686749948","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/blessed-cure-by-mario-cesar","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}