There are 3 books in the The Copenhagen Trilogy series. The newest book is Dependency which came out in 2021.

Book cover of Childhood

The celebrated Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen begins the Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" ―The Guardian) with Childhood, her coming-of-age memoir about pursuing a life and a passion beyond the confines of her upbringing―and into the difficult years described in Youth and Dependency

Tove knows she is a misfit whose childhood is…

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Book cover of Youth

The acclaimed Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen’s autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" ―The Guardian) continues with Youth. Following Childhood, this second volume finds the young author consumed in trials by fire that only fuel her relentless passion for artistic freedom―placing her on a devastating and destructive path recounted in the final…

Book cover of Dependency

The final volume in the renowned Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen’s autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy ("A masterpiece" ―The Guardian). Following Childhood and Youth, Dependency is the searing portrait of a woman’s journey through love, friendship, ambition, and addiction, from one of Denmark’s most celebrated twentieth century writers

Tove is only twenty, but…