lit.COLOGNE

Constance Debré

The literary sensation from France -
Love Me Tender
Photo: Pierre-Ange Carlotti
With Constance Debré and Bibiana Beglau • Moderated by Carine Debrabandère
Reading
Depot 1
Stellar career, husband, alleged domestic bliss, and Constance Debré leaves it all behind. The daughter of a respected Franch family left her husband and gave up her legal career to devote herself fully to writing and have affairs with women. She captured her transformation from well-to-do career woman to single lesbian in her book Play Boy. In Love Me Tender she describes the consequences of her life-changing decision. While it does entail an unparalleled gain in freedom, it also involves a bitter custody battle for her son. With honesty and courage, Debré talks about life in its many forms, lesbian identity, desire, and motherhood beyond conventional expectations.