A young boy who didn't fit in - a gay man who turned to drugs and women - a young man who went to prison and found God, a mother who learns to accept her son just as he is and also turns to God. Out of a Far Country by Christopher Yuan, Angela Yuan WaterBrook Press May 2011 Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, is gay. He has finally come out of the closet and told his parents. His mother, Angela, is devastated. How can this be - after all she has sacrificed for the family? Why didn't Leon say something? Christopher was not, could not be gay. Christopher could not live like that and be a dentist. They would lose patients. Angela shouts at him - you must choose the family or chose the lifestyle. Maybe this ultimatum would shake him up. Instead it backfires on Angela. Christopher tells her it's not something he can choose - he was born this way - he is gay and if she can't accept him then he will leave. Christopher walks out the door leaving his mother lying on the floor gasping for breath - her marriage is a failure and now her parenting is a failure. Christopher returns to Louisville and college. Angela had talked with Father Foley about the problem and he had given her a book on Homosexuality: An Open Door. Angela can't let things go on any longer. She will take the train to Louisville and confront Christopher and then she will end it all. She can no longer live with the shame, on the way she begins to read the book. It is a Christian book and she is captivated by every word. God loves everyone - even homosexuals - because of who they are, not what they do. If God could love Christopher then she could too. There is a change in Angela's attitude. She will see Christopher and tell him she loves him just as God does. Christopher can't believe his mothers change of heart. She had never been a Christian before, never thought too much about God and now she was going all out with this religious stuff. He would just ignore her and maybe she would go away. Angela stays in Louisville for six weeks and then returns home. She has now completely embraced God and turned her life around. Things start to go down hill for Christopher. He turns to drugs - first as a user and then as a dealer. He has really hit rock bottom. He is finally arrested and thrown into prison. He becomes desperate and reaches out to Angela. Even Leon has embraced God and they both are there for Christopher. While in prison Christopher turns to God and completely changes his life. After being released from prison, Christopher enrolls in college and earns a degree in Bible with emphasis in music and biblical language. He continues to attend Wheaton College Graduate School as a recipient of the Charles Colson Scholarship for ex-offenders. It is the only scholarship of its kind. Even though Christopher did not pursue it, God begin to open doors for him to share his story of God's grace, both in his life and the lives of his parents. Christopher is living with AIDS - God has sustained his health, but he is living with limitations Highly recommended. The book will open your eyes to what homosexuals and their parents go through, but by God's grace and mercy everything will turn out ok. God loves everyone - no matter who you are or what you are. Recommend you buy the book for yourself and one for someone you know who is going through the same things Angela and Christopher went through. Maybe through God's grace they will learn to accept things which they cannot change.