{"product_id":"having-spent-life-seeking-by-kae-tempest-9781787335387","title":"Having Spent Life Seeking","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe heart-breaking, soul-building new novel about the transformative power of love, from the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling Kae Tempest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful, moving and enlightening state-of-Britain novel' — IRVINE WELSH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Kae Tempest at his finest' — ANTHONY SHAPLAND\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRothko Taylor has washed up with the tide, back in their hometown, Edgecliff. Fifteen years since they left it behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe past is accelerating towards them—the skateboard kids on the high street that remind them of their teenage years, the splintered benches looking out to sea, where their mum Meg clutched her cans. The nice bit of town, where their dad Ezra tried and failed to build a happy home. And Dionne's block. Beautiful, extraordinary Dionne, the only person who had ever looked at them and seen what was there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBack then, overwhelmed and full of fear, they sank beneath the surface into chaos. But they made it out alive. And this time, Rothko is determined that things will be different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA decade since Kae Tempest's last novel, \u003cem\u003eHaving Spent Life Seeking\u003c\/em\u003e is about family and forgiveness; redemption and atonement; desire and abandon; selfhood and community. The things we seek when we are hiding, and what finds us, if we can let ourselves be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Kae Tempest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An authentically soothing, powerful thought-provoker' — MATT HAIG\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A truth-speaker' — MAX PORTER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Powerful and merciful' — ALI SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47326863196396,"sku":"9781787335387","price":31.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781787335387.jpg?v=1771804608","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/having-spent-life-seeking-by-kae-tempest-9781787335387","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}