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  • The Meaning of Matthew

  • My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
  • 著者: Judy Shepard
  • ナレーター: Judy Shepard
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The Meaning of Matthew

著者: Judy Shepard
ナレーター: Judy Shepard
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The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist. 

Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but before his grisly murder in 1998, Matthew was simply Judy Shepard's son. For the first time in book form, Judy Shepard speaks about her loss, sharing memories of Matthew, their life as a typical American family, and the pivotal event in the small college town that changed everything.

The Meaning of Matthew follows the Shepard family in the days immediately after the crime, when Judy and her husband traveled to see their incapacitated son, kept alive by life support machines; how the Shepards learned of the incredible response from strangers all across America who held candlelit vigils and memorial services for their child; and finally, how they struggled to navigate the legal system as Matthew's murderers were on trial. Heart-wrenchingly honest, Judy Shepard confides with readers about how she handled the crippling loss of her child, why she became a gay rights activist, and the challenges and rewards of raising a gay child in America today.

The Meaning of Matthew not only captures the historical significance and complicated civil rights issues surrounding one young man's life and death, but it also chronicles one ordinary woman's struggle to cope with the unthinkable.

©2009 Judy Shepard (P)2009 Penguin

批評家のレビュー

“This book is beautiful: heartbreaking, honest, and written with a lovely open voice that makes the familiar story of the Shepard family's loss all the more devastating.” (Newsweek)

“The courage of Judy Shepard is unfathomable...but her message prevails: Tolerance and love must always overcome hatred.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“[This] towers over the majority of books written about high-profile issues and events...Judy Shepard is one woman telling one story - which she does with eloquence and heart.” (Chicago Sun-Times)

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