The Danish girl : a novel / David Ebershoff.

New York : Penguin Books, 2001, ©2000.

270, 14 pages ; 21 cm

BEIN Bailey 638: Number line on title page verso indicates 6th printing: "7 9 10 8 6." Paperbound. From the library of Laura Bailey.

Loosely inspired by a true story, this tender portrait of marriage asks: What do you do when the person you love has to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked by a wife of her husband while both are painting in their studio, setting off a transformation neither can anticipate. Uniting fact and fiction, The Danish Girl portrays the unique intimacy that defines every marriage and the remarkable story of Lili Elbe, a pioneer in transgender history, and the woman torn between loyalty to her marriage and her own ambitions and desires.

English

December 06, 2016