{"product_id":"the-blue-hour-gospel-colin-belcourt-9781067482305","title":"The Blue Hour Gospel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Blue Hour Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e is about the fear of living the wrong life and the slow erasure of the self required to make that life look right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through lyrical prose, poetry, scripts, collage, recipes, and gospel-inspired passages, Colin Belcourt traces a life shaped by silence, religious shame, desire without language, and the lifelong habit of becoming what other people needed him to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross childhood, family, longing, body image, sexuality, and middle age, the book turns toward the private work of becoming acceptable: hiding, adjusting, withholding, and learning to live at a distance from yourself. It also confronts the complicated search for belonging within families, institutions, and queer communities themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than offering an easy resolution, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Hour Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e remains inside the tension between survival and self-betrayal. It asks what becomes of a person who has spent years trying to be acceptable, and what it might cost to return to the self they left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Belcourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 106748230X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067482305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Belcourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Colin Belcourt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49001191932159,"sku":"9781067482305","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-blue-hour-gospel-colin-belcourt-9781067482305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}