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Charlotte Elisabeth Grace Roche (born 18 March 1978) is a British-German television presenter, author, producer, and actress. She is best-known for her 2009 novel Wetlands. Early life Roche, the daughter of an engineer and a politically- and artistically-active mother was born in High Wycombe near London and raised in Germany. In 1983, when Roche was five years old, her parents divorced, an event and experience that she later incorporated in her novels Feuchtgebiete (Wetlands) and Schoßgebete (Wrecked). She grew up in the Lower Rhine region, in a family with liberal views. Her primary school was in Niederkrüchten. In 1989, she went to the secondary school, St. Wolfhelm Gymnasium, in the neighbouring town of Schwalmtal. When she was 14 years old, she moved to Mönchengladbach, where she was educated at the Hugo Junkers Gymnasium in Rheydt. She left school after the 11th grade, at the age of 17. She obtained initial stage-experience in drama-groups during her time at school. Career Roche left home in 1993, still aged 17, and formed the garage rock group The Dubinskis with three female friends. The band never released an album, nor recorded any material, nor notably performed anywhere. There followed a period where she undertook anything that would shock and offend people—self-mutilation to paint with blood, drug experiments, or shaving her head. After successfully auditioning for the German music channel VIVA, she worked there for several years as a video jockey and presenter, as well on the sister channel Viva Zwei, where she presented her show Fast Forward. In 2006, Roche played the female lead in the German film Eden, directed by Michael Hofmann. The film was widely distributed in Europe. Also in 2006, Roche was featured on the single "1. 2. 3. ..." with German musician Bela B., from Bela's debut album Bingo. In an interview published in Der Spiegel in 2010, Roche proposed to have sex with German president Christian Wulff in exchange for his veto on a new regulation extending the life of nuclear reactors, highlighting the controversial extension, and Wulff's role in passing it into law. Writing Roche's book Feuchtgebiete (Wetlands) was the world's best-selling novel at Amazon.com in March 2008. Partly autobiographical, it explores cleanliness, sex and femininity, and had sold over 1,500,000 copies in Germany by early 2009. For supporters it is an erotic literary novel; for critics it is cleverly-marketed shock-fiction bordering on pornography with a previously-exhibited habit of the author of offense for the sake of offense.Justin E. H. Smith wrote of the novel in a review in n+1: "If Roche has hit on something true and heretofore unsaid, it is the insight that to write about bodily fluids is not to describe something exceptional in the course of human life. It is, rather, to describe something that is always there and always felt to be there, through all those other things people do and experience at that level that used to be the subject of novels (falling in love, challenging others to duels, talking about the buying and selling of land, etc)."Her second novel, Schoßgebete (Wrecked), was published in 2011. The novel makes reference to the death of her three brothers in 2001. Personal life In 2001, Roche's three brothers were killed in a traffic accident on the way to her wedding.Roche has a daughter, Polly, born in 2002, whose father Eric Pfeil was the producer and writer of Roche's program Fast Forward and Der Kindergeburtstag ist vorbei! ("The children's birthday-party is over"). Since 2007, Roche has been married to Martin Keß, co-founder of Brainpool, a media-company in Cologne. Living in Germany and fearing difficulties after the Brexit-vote, Roche became a German citizen in 2017. See also Sex-positive feminismReferences External links Official website Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Oltermann, Philip (10 May 2008). "Interview: Charlotte Roche". Granta. Retrieved 10 April 2009. Charlotte Roche at IMDb Charlotte Roche on the Literature Map. Discover the Elisabeth Grace popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Elisabeth Grace books.
Best Seller Elisabeth Grace Books of 2024
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Grace Elizabeth
Nya HouseGrace Elizabeth is a three and three quarter years old silly little girl. This book includes three adventure stories meant to entertain both the child listening and the adult...
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The Modern Library
Carmen Callil & Colm ToibinFor Colm Toíbín and Carmen Callil there is no difference between literary and commercial writing there is only the good novel: engrossing, inspirational, compelling. In their sele...
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Victim of Grace
Robin Jones GunnRobin Jones Gunn reveals poignant truths from her life as well as from the lives of women in the Bible as she flips the notion that we are at the mercy of circumstances. She asks, ...
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The Ballad of Laurel Springs
Janet BeardFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Atomic City Girls, a provocative novel set in eastern Tennessee that “explores the legaciesof passion and violence, music and fai...
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The Stash Plan
Laura Prepon & Elizabeth TroyFrom Laura Prepon, star of Orange Is the New Black, and integrative nutritionist Elizabeth Troy comes an exciting 21day plan combining the latest in food science with ancient dieta...
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Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
John BunyanComposed and published while John Bunyan (16281688) was in prison for his religious principles, Grace Abounding is an extraordinary spiritual autobiography. It was written in an ag...
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Timeless
Louise Young & Loulia SheppardFrom renowned film, TV, and fashion makeup artist Louise Youngalong with leading film industry hairstylist Loulia Sheppard, Timeless is the definitive stepbystep guide to the most ...
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How to be a Princess
Katy BirchallAs Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing through...
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Elizabeth Taylor
Kate Andersen BrowerFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabet...
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A Lovely Girl
Deborah Holt LarkinThe incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in Californiaa murder so twisted it seems ripped from a Greek tragedy.Deborah Larkin w...
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The Virgin Elizabeth
Robin MaxwellNow available again, the third book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan quartet, a Los Angeles Times bestseller called "Tense, absorbing, highly enter...
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Grace Elizabeth Everett Et Al. v. Amy Wing
Supreme Court of VermontEdward H. Everett, of Bennington, died testate, leaving him surviving a widow, Grace Burnap Everett, and two minor daughters, Grace Elizabeth Everett and Sarah Everett (these two m...
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Malice in Wonderland
Hugo VickersThe witty and perceptive diaries kept by Cecil Beaton's authorized biographer during his many fascinating encounters with extraordinaryoften legendarycharacters in his search for t...
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The Faith of Queen Elizabeth
Dudley DelffsDiscover the inspiring spiritual legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, the longestreigning monarch in British history. Sharing a behindthescenes glimpse into the life of this notoriously p...
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Eden in Winter
Richard North PattersonTwo months after the suspicious and muchpublicized death of his father on the island of Martha's Vineyard, it is taking all of Adam Blaine's character to suture the deep wounds bo...
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Built to Last
Elisabeth GraceA brand new, emotional, second chance romance by USA Today Bestselling Author, Elisabeth Grace. At seventeen, the small town of Saltwater Springs had been everything to Scarlett D...
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Grace Goes to Washington
Kelly DiPucchio & LeUyen PhamIn this followup to the New York Times bestseller Grace for President, awardwinning duo Kelly DiPucchio and LeUyen Pham present a fun, kidfriendly introduction to the branches of A...
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Mom Set Free
Jeannie CunnionMoms are under so. much. pressure. Pressure that weighs us down and threatens to wipe us out. Are you ready for relief? Mom Set Free will empower you to parent in the confidence of...
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Stories of the Saints
Carey Wallace & Nick ThornborrowPerforming Miracles. Facing Wild Lions. Confronting Demons. Transforming the World. From Augustine to Mother Teresa, officially canonized as St. Teresa of Calcutta, discover sevent...
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When a Duchess Says I Do
Grace BurrowesTreat yourself to a delightful Regency romance with a fairytale twist "much in the manner of Mary Balogh." (Kirkus) Duncan Wentworth once tried his hand at rescuing a damsel in dis...
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Grace for President
Kelly DiPucchio & LeUyen PhamA fresh, fun, and "thoughtprovoking" New York Times bestseller about the American electoral college and why every vote counts from bestselling and awardwinning duo Kelly DiPucchio ...
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Hollywood Beach Beauties
David WillsA glamorous and nostalgic celebration of the summer through stunning retro photographs of Hollywood beautiesThe author of the acclaimed photo compilations Vegas Gold, Hollywood in ...
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Joe Dolan
Ronan CaseyGrowing up in poor circumstances in the midlands town of Mullingar might seem an unlikely start for a musical superstar, but that's exactly the journey Joe Dolan travelled in his a...
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Laid Bare
Gail PorterGail Porter burst on to our TV screens in the late 90s presenting The Movie Chart Show, Alive and Kicking and Top of the Pops. Bright, sparky and beautiful she soon attracted an en...
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Muse
Ruth MillingtonThe fascinating true stories of thirty incredible musesand their role in some of art history's most wellknown masterpieces.We instantly recognize many of their ...
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Saving Graces
Elizabeth EdwardsShe charmed America with her smart, likable, downtoearth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vicepresidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she v...
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Dressing Up the Stars
Jeanne Walker HarveyDiscover the true story of how a shy miner’s daughter became one of the most legendary costume designers in Hollywood in this inspiring nonfiction picture book biography.As a child...
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Goodbye, Paris
Anstey HarrisInternational Bestseller A Book of the Month Club PickThe Little Paris Bookshop meets Jojo Moyes in Goodbye, Paris, an utterly charming novel that proves that sometimes you have ...
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Grace Kelly und Diana Spencer
Thilo Wydra»Wir standen uns seelisch nahe.« Diana Spencer über Grace KellyLady Di und Grace Kelly – zwei unsterbliche Frauen, verbunden durch eine bislang unbekannte FreundschaftGrace Kelly u...
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Rumor Has It
Elisabeth GraceAll publicity is good publicity, right? Unless you’re recent college grad Ellie Wagner and an embarrassing video of you and your boyfriend goes viral. Every man in your life abando...
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The Success Myth
Emma Gannon"Highly comforting" Alain de Botton, Founder of The School of Life"This book changed how I think" Annie Macmanus, author of The Mess We're In"You will not be able to put this book ...
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Loss of Innocence
DAVI PATTERSON & Richard North PattersonJune, 1968. America is in a state of turbulence, engulfed in civil unrest and uncertainty. Yet for Whitney Dane spending the summer of her twentysecond year on Martha's Vineyard ...
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Why Easter Matters Bible Study Guide
Andy StanleyHave you ever been at odds with God?Have you resisted, defied, or tried to bargain your way out of what you thought God wanted?You aren’t alone. Scripture documents similar stories...
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Red Lipstick
Rachel FelderA unique, fullcolor compendium that celebrates and explores the enduring power and allure of the world’s most iconic lip shade, jampacked with entertaining stories, anecdotes, litt...
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The FSG Poetry Anthology
Jonathan Galassi & Robyn CreswellTo honor FSG's 75th anniversary, here is a unique anthology celebrating the riches and variety of its poetry listpast, present, and futurePoetry has been at the heart of Farrar, St...
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Diosas de Hollywood
Cristina MoratóLas actrices de la época dorada del cine toman el relevo a las Divas Rebeldes y Reinas Malditas de Cristina Morató.Las historias de estas cuatro grandes estrellas de cine nos trasl...
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The Promise of a Normal Life
Rebecca Kaiser GibsonFor readers of Marilynne Robinson, Elizabeth Strout, and Katie Kitamura, the indelible journey of a quiet young womanthe “silent person” in the Sederfinding her way. Hailed ...
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The Liz Taylor Ring
Brenda Janowitz“Brenda Janowitz writes with extraordinary humor and heart.” JANE GREEN, New York Times bestselling authorThree siblings. A priceless family ring. One legendary...