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My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
Hudson Street Press
September 2009
On Sale: September 3, 2009
273 pages
ISBN: 1594630577
EAN: 9781594630576
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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.
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