To Live and Love Well: The true story of a gay man’s struggle with poverty, abuse, and excommunication from the Mormon Church.

Born the son of a prostitute and raised in squalor, young Wayne Cheney had nobody but a big sister to fend for him. Together, the two children battled hunger, loss, and the violence of their mother’s men. Their only comfort was the Mormon Church. But when Wayne realized he was gay, the church offered him little but aversion therapy and excommunication.To Live and Love Well is the true story of a talented artist and devoted father, a man who yearned to be loved as he was meant to be. Wayne tells it with natural wit and pathos. Travel with him through what is the deepest sense, a love story with amazing pitfalls and revelations along the way.“