Excommunicated: A heart-wrenching and compelling memoir about a family torn apart by one of New Zealand's...

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Craig Hoyle

Excommunicated

A heart-wrenching and compelling memoir about a family torn apart by one of New Zealand's most...

Craig Hoyle

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HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
01 November 2023

Autobiography: religious & spiritual; Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects; Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships; Gay studies (Gay men); Religious groups: social & cultural aspects

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 and, using his diaries and letters, 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 heartwrenching stories of a family torn apart.

By: Craig Hoyle
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
Country of Publication: New Zealand
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 451g
ISBN: 9781775542018
ISBN 10: 1775542017
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.