Woman's Hour - 05/02/2009

Presented by Jenni Murray. Author Charlotte Roche discusses her explicit debut novel, Wetlands, the story of a vulnerable 18-year-old stuck in hospital who is obsessed with the possibilities and extremes of her own body. Jenni talks about the changing face of women's politics under President Obama with former Washington lawyer Margo Miller and Ann Friedman, deputy editor of The American Prospect magazine. Lucy Neal joins Jenni to talk about her great-great-aunt Mary Neal and her plans for Mary's English folk dance archive. Victoria Spivey first rose to fame in the 1920s, with songs which tackled difficult subjects like TB and drug addiction. Judi Herman hears from Gill and Gary Atkinson from Document Records, and singer Maria Muldaur pays tribute to the American blues singer. Including drama: The Lady of the Camellias.