{"product_id":"a-birds-eye-view-paperback","title":"A Bird's-Eye View - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Rickey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small midwestern town, Sammy, a transgender teenager walks a tightrope between identity and survival. When an act of violence shatters the surface of small-town life, the story unfolds from multiple perspectives, each revealing their own truths, secrets, and struggles. A powerful exploration of fear, compassion, and what it really means to see one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Rickey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, I was born in Joplin, Missouri to Shirley Jean and Freddy Dean Rickey where I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad a formidable childhood, traveling place to place and only staying put for a short period of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime. I loved my parents very much but unfortunately lost both of them in a tragic turn of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevents at the age of ten. Following their death, my sisters and I went to live with my aunt and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euncle in an underprivileged part of town. I struggled through my adolescence as I failed to deal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the death of my parents, poverty, and loneliness as I tried to find my way in this world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075674456203,"sku":"9798218745028","price":30.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/vC86SNJ6mS9798218745028.webp?v=1779785428","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/a-birds-eye-view-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}