Nine Lives: The Autobiography of Erica Rutherford (English)

Erica Rutherford 

Erica Rutherford (1923-2008) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but over the years would live in England, France, South Africa, Spain, Italy, and a variety of places in North America. For fifty years, this internationally respected artist, who was born a male, struggled with the conviction that she was the wrong gender. At the age of fifty, she finally made the decision to live her life as a woman. But this autobiography is much more than a recounting of that basic struggle with gender. Her constant searching led her to embrace change and intensity of experience, and her story is peopled with a fascinating cast of characters—actor Dirk Bogarde, director Orson Welles, stage designer Oliver Messel, architect Marcel Breuer, and a host of others. 

Paperback | 243 pages 
14 x 21.5 cm (5.5 x 8.5 in.)
Publication Date: 1993