We Have Never Lived on Earth

By Kasia Van Schaik

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1772126284
• ISBN13: 9781772126280
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.9"