Linedansen to Cappelen, in order to bring in extra money both Ihlen and Jensen worked over the spring of 1959 on the schooner that Ihlen had previously worked on. Success of Line Gorth considered that Linedansen which translates as "The Line Dance" a pun on the name of the main character's love interest was distasteful for a book of which he had a high opinion and convinced Jensen to change it to Line. With the novel printed and approaching its publishing date in 1959 Jensen and a by now pregnant Ihlen travelled to Oslo, where both were able to catch up with family and friends. The novel's central protagonist is Jacob, a restless trouble young man who falls unhappily in love with Line. The novel used what was considered to be vulgar language at the time and contained erotic scenes of sexual intercourse which infuriated some critics who considered it to be immoral. One with such an opinion was the influential Aftenposten newspaper which refused to review the book and one public library refused to stock it. While the critic for the Morgenbladet newspaper considered it utterly devoid of artistic value, the critic for the Arbeiderbladet newspaper wrote: The novel was such a success in Norway that it was translated into English and published in 1962 with the title A Girl I Knew. The success of the novel allowed Jensen to travel in October with Ihlen, Per and Else Brent to Stockholm where via friends they purchased a Karmann Ghia. Due to Jensen being unable to drive due to a drunk driving conviction Ihlen drove the car back to Oslo. The couple's son Axel Joachim was born on 21 January 1960 in Oslo. Following the birth Jensen travelled back to Hydra in order to avoid paying Norwegian taxes, Ihlen stayed in Oslo for four months before she and Axel Joachim followed him back to Hydra. Relationship with Patricia Amlin Following her return to Hydra Ihlen became aware that Jensen had acquired a new lover, the American painter Patricia Amlin. With their relationship deteriorating Jensen decided to leave on his sailboat, a BBII that he had had transported by ship to Piraeus. Amlin left separately in order to spare Ihlen the public humiliation before meeting up with Jensen in Poros. They then took up residence in Athens. Soon after Amlin was badly injured when she crashed Jensen's Karmann Ghia near Athens