What do you do when your husband claims to be madly in love with you, but doesn't desire you sexually? When your therapist is more interested in opening an online sex-toy shop with your husband than in saving your marriage? Do you try yet another counsellor, get divorced or settle for a sexless marriage?
Lee Kofman, rebellious daughter of ultra-orthodox Jews, has always sought her own way. True to her Bohemian dream where love can coexist with sexual freedom, she decided to experiment with an open marriage... despite the fact that her previous non-monogamous relationship ended in disaster.
Our cultural mores suggest that love without monogamy is impossible, but Lee hoped she could do better the second time round and embarked on a personal exploration to find out whether she could save her marriage while being non-monogamous in an ethical way. For several months she talked to swingers, polyamorists, cross-dressers, suburban families, artists and migrants—in short, to anyone who has ever been involved in an unconventional relationship.
Set during Lee's first years in Australia, it is also the story of migration, and an exploration of the eternal conflict between our desire for security, but also for foreign places—in love and elsewhere. The Dangerous Bride tells the story of her quest.
- 340 pages
- English
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Table of contents
- The Dangerous Bride
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- 1 A Tale of Wonderland (2005)
- 2 A Tale of Modus Vivendi (2007)
- 3 A Tale of Princesses and Charladies
- 4 A Tale of Ménage à Trois
- 5 A Tale of Adultery
- 6 A Tale of Candaulistic Couples
- 7 A Tale of Tragedy
- 8 A Tale of Domesticity, or—Who Really Killed Mayakovsky?
- 9 A Tale of Expanded Couples
- 10 A Tale of Pleasure Seekers
- 11 An Asymmetrical Tale
- 12 A Tale of Porous Couples
- Interlude: In Love Like A Cat
- Epilogue: A Tale of Elastic Love (2010–2012)
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
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