Jill Alexander Essbaum's Hausfrau is a seductive erotic thriller

By Karen Hardy
Updated April 8 2015 - 10:13am, first published March 28 2015 - 11:45pm
Jill Alexander Essbaum: "Writing has to be about making art.'' Photo: Megan Sembera Peters
Jill Alexander Essbaum: "Writing has to be about making art.'' Photo: Megan Sembera Peters

Jill Alexander Essbaum lets out a good, throaty laugh when we get around to discussing how saucy some parts of her debut novel Hausfrau are.