{"id":5859,"date":"2025-06-10T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trailhead.ch\/viv-wuarchoz\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2025-06-13T17:41:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:41:39","slug":"empty-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trailhead.ch\/viv-wuarchoz\/2025\/06\/10\/empty-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This wee post is a tribute to Greta<\/em> … the wonderful protagonist of D’s book … I keep accidentally typing Great<\/em> instead of Greta and I think that’s fucking fabulous … ;-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Greta the Great<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The Danish Girl (David Ebershoff ) \/ Universal Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Which Book?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The book in question is The Danish Girl<\/em> by David Ebershoff<\/em>. I started watching the film a few years ago but I’m not sure if I ever finished it. The book then found its way into my home. And I finally read it !! ;-D These few words are here so that I can express my thoughts before they escape me …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tenderness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First and foremost, I’d like to thank the author for all the tenderness<\/em> (*<\/a>). With so much conflict in the world these days, I appreciate the acts of kindness woven into this book. There’s of course some discord — otherwise there’s no story — but to my mind the chaos was kept to a bare minimum. Cheers to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California Brat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Alrighty folks, I shall now try to pay tribute to Greta the Great<\/em>. Please kindly bear in mind that none of the following is intended as an actual book review …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved Greta’s disdain of her pedigree<\/em>. Greta was expected to marry w\/in a woefully boring social circle in California and she was like: “Nope !!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So she leaves California<\/em>, adamant of her need to explore. She falls in love. She constructs an impossible<\/em> marriage w\/ a small town boy (*<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wifery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Against all odds, Greta manages to make wifery<\/em> work for her … yahoo !! ;-D This lasts for awhile. Then wifery takes a funky trajectory<\/em> …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsunami Surf Punk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

OK so let’s be clear that there’s no actual surfing in this book nor is there an actual tsunami. But figuratively speaking<\/em> I found both in Greta’s wifery<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lemme ‘splain. There’s a point in the book during which Greta finds herself negotiating unexpected swells, riptides, hidden impediments. Tenacity keeps her in the surf. She graciously gives up the best waves<\/em>, allowing others a sweet ride<\/em>. She drags her loved ones out of dangerous currents, using her body as a protective barricade. She gets slammed. She gets up. She cleans up. And she goes back out. Greta the Great<\/em> is my Tsunami Surf Punk<\/em> girlfriend !! ;-D<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was fearful that Greta’s soul might eventually take a dark turn. When that didn’t happen (whew !! ;-D), I wondered whether the author had shaped Greta’s character based on some fabulous Surf Betty<\/em> in his own life. I came across the interview below which was fun and entertaining, but I was deflated to find so little discussion about Greta …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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