Wetlands

Contemporary

Author: Charlotte Roche

Wetlands–an international sensation with more than a million copies sold worldwide–has been at the center of a heated debate about feminism and sexuality since its publication last spring. Charlotte Roche’s controversial debut novel is the story of Helen Memel, an outspoken, sexually precocious eighteen-year-old lying in a hospital bed as she recovers from an operation…..Read More

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