Greta Wegener Timeline & Summary
MoreGreta 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.