Bettina Wilpert – Die bärtige Frau

Reading and discussion at lit.space

"The Bearded Woman" is a novel about the female body, how it changes, about pregnancy and motherhood, about what it's like to have children and grow into a new role. It is about Christian imprinting, about the fact that we cannot get rid of our family, even if we want to. About life roles and decisions, about values, coolness and reality. Is the desire for security reprehensible? How should we be? Who determines it apart from ourselves? Bettina Wilpert creates radical body literature with her new novel. She shows readers the different facets of coming-of-age, pregnancy and motherhood, and how these are reflected in the body.