Nine and a Half Weeks (book)

Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair
First edition cover (1978)
AuthorIngeborg Day
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMemoir
GenreNonfiction
PublisherWarner
Publication date
1978
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages131 pp.
ISBN978-0751510676

Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair is a 1978 memoir by Ingeborg Day, first published under the pen name Elizabeth McNeill. It details the brief, sexually violent relationship between an art gallery owner and a Wall Street broker – based on Day's own experiences. The memoir was famously adapted into the 1986 erotic drama 9½ Weeks, starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke.