{"product_id":"to-the-end-isbn-9798889843986","title":"To the End","description":"\u003cb\u003e24 stories of queer divorce—a groundbreaking book of essays that unflinchingly explores love, loss, and liberation beyond the confines of cishet marriage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the End\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Morty Diamond, is a raw and fearless book of essays that delves into the messy realities, impossible heartbreaks, and profound liberations inherent to queerly uncoupling in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross 24 essays, queer, trans, nonbinary, and intersex writers share their firsthand accounts of divorce, separation, and transformation, giving readers an intimate look at the stories that are often elided in straight, mainstream narratives—or in basically every divorce book out there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection uplifts each writer’s lived truth, pushing back against respectability power plays that say:\u003ci\u003e But we fought so hard for this. Don’t give people the wrong idea. Think about the damage that speaking out could do\u003c\/i\u003e. Instead, Diamond and contributors foreground real stories of what happens when love ends, through specific queer lenses: When your partner won’t accept your transition. When covert narcissistic abuse destabilizes your world. When your Daddy bails in an email after 20 years. When you trade “legitimacy” for a part of yourself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays highlight, too, the unexpected joys, profound liberations, and necessary transformations we discover when we find our way back to ourselves. Each richly textured, deeply evocative reclamation—whether through spiritual growth, euphoric embodiment, deepened connections, the right kind of sex, or community aftercare—affims that divorce can be devastating—but it can also be a catalyst for freedom.\u003cb\u003eMorty Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e is a trans and queer therapist, artist, and writer based in California. A licensed clinical social worker with an MSW from San Francisco State University, he is Grants Coordinator and instructor in the School of Social Work and also maintains a private psychotherapy practice. Morty is the creator of \u003ci\u003eTo the End\u003c\/i\u003e, a weekly salon that supports LGBTQ+ people navigating divorce and its aftermath. His anthologies \u003ci\u003eTrans\/Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Inside Out: FTM and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e are both published by Manic D Press, and he is the director of the film \u003ci\u003eTrans Entities\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), which screened at more than 30 film festivals and is held in multiple university collections. Drawing on his own experience of queer divorce and years of gender-justice activism and art-making, Morty brings nuance and care to conversations about LGBTQ+ relationships, loss, and transformation.","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532214939877,"sku":"NP9798889843986","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/to-the-end-isbn-9798889843986","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}