Greta Wegener Timeline & Summary

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Greta Wegener Timeline & Summary

  • Greta convinces her husband, Einar, to put on a dress for a painting she is trying to complete.
  • He's so pretty that she calls him Lili.
  • He decides to live as Lili occasionally, and Greta enjoys it because Lili inspires her to paint beautiful portraits.
  • Greta's paintings of Lili cause her career to take off; she becomes a workaholic.
  • She also works to find a doctor who can help Einar transition his body to reflect his new feminine identity.
  • She finds a doctor in Dresden who can do a surgical procedure for Einar, enabling him to live more fully as Lily.
  • Back in Copenhagen, Greta and Lili divorce but still live together.
  • Eventually Greta's brother, Carlisle, and her new love interest, Hans, convince her to leave Lili.
  • When Lili goes to have her final surgery, Greta warns her against it; she thinks it's dangerous, but Lili leaves anyway.
  • While she is gone, Greta leaves with Hans for America. She stops painting Lili and starts to paint landscapes.