We Have Never Lived On Earth
Kasia Van Schaik, "We Have Never Lived On Earth "
English | ISBN: 1772126284 | 2022 | 184 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1772126284 | 2022 | 184 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Kasia Van Schaik’s debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in British Columbia after moving from South Africa. Mother and daughter wait out the end of a bad year in a Mexican hotel; a friendship is tested as forest fires demolish Charlotte’s town; a childhood friend disappears while travelling through Europe; and a girl on the beach examines the memories of dying jellyfish. The stories traverse the most intimate and transforming moments of female experience in a world threatened by ecological crisis. Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2023.