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Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son Prayers for Bobby: A Mother's Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son is a book by Leroy F. Aarons that outlines a mother's experience in coming to terms with the suicide of her gay son. On January 24, 2009, the TV film "Prayers for Bobby", an adaptation of the book starring Sigourney Weaver and Ryan Kelley in the title role as Bobby, was shown on the Lifetime cable network. This book illustrates the story of Mary Griffith and her ordeal with her