{"product_id":"9780802199928","title":"Wetlands: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sexual, scatological, international sensation: “A cri de coeur against the oppression of a waxed, shaved, douched and otherwise sanitized women’s world” (Nicholas Kulish, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Life of Catherine M.\u003c\/i\u003e and Melissa P.’s \u003ci\u003e100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed\u003c\/i\u003e, Charlotte Roche’s debut novel—which sold more than a million copies in Germany alone—exposes the double bind of female sexuality, delivering a compulsively readable and fearlessly intimate manifesto on sex, hygiene, and the repercussions of family trauma.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Helen Memel is an outspoken eighteen-year-old, whose childlike stubbornness is offset by a precocious sexual confidence. From a hospital bed, where she’s recovering from an operation and lamenting her parents’ divorce, Helen ruminates on her past sexual and physical adventures in “a headlong dash through every crevice and byproduct—both physical and psychological—of Helen’s body and mind” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Punky alienated teenager, young woman reclaiming her body from the tyranny of repressive hygiene (women mustn’t smell, excrete, desire), bratty smartass, lonely daughter, shock merchant, and pleasure seeker—Helen is all of these things and more, and her frequent attempts to assert her maturity ultimately prove just how fragile, confused, and young she truly is.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107188195568,"sku":"9780802199928","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802199928_p0.jpg?v=1763725803","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802199928","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}