Excommunicated

Name: Excommunicated
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
SKU: 9781775542018
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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

By Craig Hoyle

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Brief Description

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... Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

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Excommunicated

Description

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. Using his grandfather's diaries and letters, he 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 heart-wrenching stories of a family torn apart.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781775542018

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 451g

Pages: 336

Collections

Biography & Memoir Craig Hoyle Education & Reference LGBTQ+ New Zealand Biographies New Zealand Published Non-Fiction Religion & Spirituality Royalty & Religion Biographies

About the Author

Craig Hoyle grew up in Invercargill within the New Zealand Exclusive Brethren. Separated from public society, he attended Brethren-only schooling and worked in his family's tyre shop. After facing interrogations and conversion therapy for his sexuality, he was excommunicated from the Brethren and lost his family in 2009. Today he is a news director for the Sunday Star-Times. He has worked for newsrooms such as TV3 and RadioLive, and behind the scenes on current affairs shows including 60 Minutes and 3rd Degree. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.