Seeking the straight and narrow

"Losing weight and changing your sexual orientation are both notoriously difficult to do successfully. Yet many faithful evangelical Christians believe that thinness and heterosexuality are godly ideals - and that God will provide reliable paths toward them for those who fall short. Drawing on fieldwork in a popular Christian weight-loss program and in a network of ex-gay ministries, Lynne Gerber's Seeking the straight and narrow is a fascinating account of the world of evangelical efforts to alter our strongest bodily desires." -- Book cover.