The Dangerous Bride

A Memoir of Love, Gods and Geography

Lee Kofman

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MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 October 2014

Memoirs; Sociology: sexual relations; Sexual behaviour; Dating, relationships, living together & marriage; Biography - Australian

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 a 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.

'Kofman's book is flushed with her fearless lovely writing, her questing curious energy, the true full feeling of a truly fulfilling memoir. She writes of non-monogamy and infatuation as if they're what everyone should study, but the descriptions by a newcomer to Australia are another kind of love story here. Strikingly candid and candidly engrossing. I need Kofman to be my next new best friend.' KATE HOLDEN

By: Lee Kofman
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 451g
ISBN: 9780522866483
ISBN 10: 0522866484
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lee Kofman is the Israeli-Australian author of three fiction books (in Hebrew). Her short fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry in English has appeared in Australia, US, UK, Scotland and Canada in Best Australian Stories, Best Australian Essays, Griffith Review, Heat, Westerly, Creative Nonfiction (US), Brand (UK) and Malahat Review (Canada) among many others. She is the recipient of an Australian Council grant, a Varuna Flagship Fellowship and several other writing residencies, and an ASA mentorship. She holds an MA in Creative Writing (the University of Melbourne). Lee has been teaching and mentoring many writers for the last ten years. Her popular blog about the writing process appears monthly on the Writers Victoria website http://writersvictoria.org.au/features/tag/lee-kofman/