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Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: what do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has cancelled; would he slip into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can fish the painting on time? "Of course," he answers. "Anything at all." With that one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.
Inspired by the true story of Danish painter Einar Wegener and his California-born wife, this tender portrait of a marriage asks: what do you do when someone you love wants to change? It starts with a question, a simple favor asked of a husband by his wife on an afternoon chilled by the Baltic wind while both are painting in their studio. Her portrait model has cancelled; would he slip into a pair of women's shoes and stockings for a few moments so she can fish the painting on time? "Of course," he answers. "Anything at all." With that one of the most passionate and unusual love stories of the twentieth century begins.
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There's never a wink in Jeff Woodman's reading, never a sneer. In fact, there's never a whisper of judgment at all. And thank goodness. That would be unfair to Ebershoff's captivating feat of imagination about the first person known to have undergone "sex reassignment surgery." Danish artist Einar Wegener--a real person--was six years into his marriage to American Greta Waud when he began transforming himself into a pretty young woman named Lili. Woodman never drops his tone of wonder even as he wades deeper into the extraordinary events and even more extraordinary love story. As Einar and Greta meet life on their own terms, Woodman keeps listeners engaged and on their side. M.O. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
The Boston Globe
"Heartbreaking and unforgettable . . . a complete triumph.
The New York Times
"An unusual and affecting love story."
Esquire
"A sophisticated and searching meditation on the nature of identity."
The Baltimore Sun
"It is nearly impossible not to be moved."
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There's never a wink in Jeff Woodman's reading, never a sneer. In fact, there's never a whisper of judgment at all. And thank goodness. That would be unfair to Ebershoff's captivating feat of imagination about the first person known to have undergone "sex reassignment surgery." Danish artist Einar Wegener--a real person--was six years into his marriage to American Greta Waud when he began transforming himself into a pretty young woman named Lili. Woodman never drops his tone of wonder even as he wades deeper into the extraordinary events and even more extraordinary love story. As Einar and Greta meet life on their own terms, Woodman keeps listeners engaged and on their side. M.O. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
