'My kids refuse to read my books - there is some raunchiness'

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During menopause, Karen Hathaway left her job to write erotic fiction under the pen name Wren Charles, publishing books with explicit sexual content. Her own children have refused to read her work, aware of the raunchiness within. Hathaway discusses the personal and creative shift that led her to abandon her previous career and pursue writing full-time, navigating the awkward reality of family members who know her secret but won't engage with her published material.