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God Doesn’t Make Mistakes: A Story for Every Kid Who Was Told They Needed Fixing

By August Quinn — Paperback, November 25, 2025

Gabriel DeLuca was raised to believe that God could fix anything — especially him. At seventeen, he’s sent to a conversion therapy program that promises to “correct” his queerness in the name of faith. The rules are rigid, the punishments are brutal, and every whispered lesson delivers the same ultimatum: change, or lose everything you’ve ever known.

Inside those walls, Gabriel begins to see the truth behind the program’s polished façade. He witnesses the emotional and spiritual devastation its leaders try to disguise as love. He sees how fear is weaponized as salvation. And he realizes that the pieces of himself the program wants to destroy are the very pieces that make him whole. Survival demands silence — until the day Gabriel chooses defiance instead.

From late-night confessions with other boys trapped in the same system to the liberating roar of a Pride parade, God Doesn’t Make Mistakes traces Gabriel’s journey from shame to self-acceptance. Along the way, he discovers a chosen family who teaches him that love doesn’t require erasure, faith doesn’t demand suffering, and he was never broken in the first place.

Fictional in its characters but unflinchingly honest in its emotion, this is a story about resilience, faith, and the kind of love that gives you the strength to stay exactly who you are. Raw, hopeful, and deeply affirming, God Doesn’t Make Mistakes is essential reading for anyone who has ever been told they needed fixing.

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