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Wetlands
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
With her jaunty dissection of the sex life and the private grooming habits of the novel's 18-year-old narrator, Helen Memel, Charlotte Roche has turned the previously unspeakable into the national conversation in Germany.
The book is a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct, physical and psychological, of its narrator's body and mind. It is difficult to overstate the raunchiness of the novel. Wetlands opens in a hospital room after an intimate shaving accident. It gives a detailed topography of Helen's hemorrhoids, continues into the subject of anal intercourse and only gains momentum from there, eventually reaching avocado pits as objects of female sexual satisfaction and – here is where the debate kicks in – just possibly female empowerment. Clearly the novel has struck a nerve, catching a wave of popular interest in renewing the debate over women's roles and image in society.
Critic Reviews
‘Literary news this week suggests that when it comes to women writing about sex, reviewers are still reacting in the same way as Dr Johnson to his walking dog, surprised that it’s being done at all. So hats off to Charlotte Roche, who has managed to give both the “Sunday Times” and the “Guardian” the willies by cheerfully confessing to consuming pornography with her husband and starting her book “Wetlands” with a graphic discussion of hemorrhoids’ Lisa Hilton, Spectator
‘Maeve Binchy is famous for her unique humour and insight; Cecelia Ahern is popular for her unlikely twists and touches of magic; Charlotte Roche has a different formula for success – haemorrhoids, hairy armpits and halitosis, mixed together into an unlikely erotic pot-pourri’ Irish Independent
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- Micheal
- 22-09-2015
Gross at times but great.
Being a 48 year old male, I'm probably not the demographic for this book. But I loved it. I was grossed out by some of Helen's hygiene choices. I had to ask my wife and both my 20 and 22 year old daughters about some of Helen's actions to make sure it wasn't normal. I think a lot of Helen's actions were as a result of PTSD, mixed with female empowerment.
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- stacey
- 13-04-2016
what did I just listened to lol
great book and the voice acting was amazing. I have never read such an odd book. no a book for the squeamish.
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