Dawson Press · Published 2026 · Other Lives 01
In Another
Light
What do we keep of the people we love? And what do we take?
The man has been dead for eight years. The lives connected to his are still changing.
The story
What do we keep of the people we love? And what do we take?
As Eleanor prepares an exhibition in Lisbon, a portrait brings a father and son back to a conversation neither has finished. An old friend arrives with drawings he should have returned years ago. In Dublin, the nurse who cared for the man in the portrait is learning how easily the wish to help can become a refusal to listen.
The man has been dead for eight years. The lives connected to his are still changing.
A confidence is shared beyond its intended listener. Paintings long kept apart are brought together. A son wants a future that is his to choose. Affection endures, but so do jealousy, pride and the wish to be needed.
In Another Light is an intimate novel about the claims we make in the name of love—and the difficult freedom of allowing others a life we cannot own.
In Another Light opens Other Lives. Eleanor is in progress.
The film
Four parts. Lives still changing.
With Painted in the Afternoon. Listen to the song and follow the lyrics below.
Four scenes: Sarah in Dublin, Eleanor and Michael in Lisbon, Daniel in Madrid, and Thomas in Rotterdam. What do we keep of the people we love? And what do we take? Affection endures. A son wants a future that is his to choose. In Another Light, a novel by Evan Cahalane. Dawson Press.
The song
Painted in the Afternoon
English vocals 0:50
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Lyrics
A face painted twice in the afternoon glare
Paper kept too long in a drawer somewhere
We mistake possession for a love that will stay
Holding onto shadows as they start to fade away
Seeing you in another light now
Learning how to finally let go somehow
The truth can cost us everything we knew
But it's the only way to honestly see you
Seeing you in another light now
Learning how to finally let go somehow
The truth can cost us everything we knew
But it's the only way to honestly see you
In another light now
(In another light)
We both can finally be free
To be who we are meant to be
The four parts
Scenes from In Another Light.
Evan Cahalane
Dawson Press · 2026