{"product_id":"documenting-light-9781942083429","title":"Documenting Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you look for yourself in the past and see nothing, how do you know who you are? How do you know that you are supposed to be here?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Wyatt brings an unidentified photograph to the local historical society, he hopes staff historian Grayson will tell him more about the people in the picture. The subjects in the mysterious photograph sit side by side, their hands close but not touching. One is dark, the other fair. Both wear men's suits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWere they friends? Lovers? Business partners? Curiosity drives Grayson and Wyatt to dig deep for information, and the more they learn, the more they begin to wonder -- about the photograph, and about themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrayson has lost his way. He misses the family and friends who anchored him before his transition and the confidence that drove him as a high-achieving graduate student. Wyatt lives in a similar limbo, caring for an ill mother, worrying about money, unsure how and when he might be able to express his nonbinary gender publicly. The growing attraction between Wyatt and Grayson is terrifying -- and incredibly exciting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Grayson and Wyatt discover the power of love to provide them with safety and comfort in the present, they find new ways to write the unwritten history of their own lives and the lives of people like them. With sympathy and cutting insight, Ottoman offers a \u003cem\u003etour de force\u003c\/em\u003e exploration of contemporary trans identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOttoman, Ee:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - EE Ottoman grew up surrounded by the farmlands and forests of Upstate New York. They started writing as soon as they learned how and have yet to stop. Ottoman attended Earlham College and graduated with a degree in history before going on to receive a graduate degree in history as well. These days they divide their time between history, writing, and book preservation. Ottoman is also a disabled, queer, trans dude whose correct pronouns are: they\/them\/their or he\/him\/his. Mostly, though, they are a person who is passionate about history, stories, and the spaces between the two.","brand":"Brain Mill Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516822098194,"sku":"9781942083429","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9854656d-af86-4bfe-9410-bff0937ac1ac.jpg?v=1731029000","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/documenting-light-9781942083429","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}