Blessed Cure (Paperback)

Mario Cesar

ISBN 10: 1908030542 / ISBN 13: 9781908030542

Published by Soaring Penguin Press, London, 2023

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Paperback. Ever since he was a boy growing up in Brazil, all Acacio wanted was to please his parents: get good grades in school, meet a nice girl, stop being so. gay. Mario Cesars multi-award-winning graphic novel explores the horrific application of Conversion Therapy and what its like to grow up gay in Brazil. This is not an easy read. But to prevent Conversion Therapy from continuing to be applied, its a necessary one. It hurts to read Blessed Cure because. we still deal with a lot of what is in this [book], things that should have been abandoned decades ago. - Doka, Suco de Manga Since he was a child, Acacio do Nascimento was different from other boys. Scared of his possible homosexuality, his parents Mara and Galdino submit Acacio to several treatments from the age of five years old to make him normal. Blessed Cure narrates Acacios life through the decades since the 60s from childhood provocations, his parents ignorance, the first time he falls in love with a man, the Brazilian military action against LGBTQ people, workplace prejudice and his constant struggle with whether to live his truth or live the life society wants him to. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blessed Cure (Paperback)
• Publisher: Soaring Penguin Press, London
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908030542
• ISBN 13: 9781908030542
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Ever since he was a boy growing up in Brazil, all Acacio wanted was to please his parents: get good grades in school, meet a nice girl, stop being so... gay.

 

Mário César’s multi-award-winning graphic novel explores the horrific application of Conversion Therapy and what it’s like to grow up gay in Brazil. This is not an easy read. But to prevent Conversion Therapy from continuing to be applied, it’s a necessary one.

 

“It hurts to read Blessed Cure because... we still deal with a lot of what is in this [book], things that should have been abandoned decades ago.” - Doka, Suco de Manga

About the Author

Mario Cesar is an awarded comic book's author from Brazil. He publishes comics since 2006 and he was one the first openly gay authors to address issues of sexual and gender diversity in Brazilian comics with the book Ciranda da Solidão (2013). He is also one of the creators and producers of POC CON, the first brazilian LGBTQ+ Comic Con.