{"product_id":"having-spent-life-seeking","title":"Having Spent Life Seeking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRothko Taylor has washed up with the tide, back in their hometown, Edgecliff. Fifteen years since they left it behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBack then, overwhelmed and full of fear, they sank beneath the surface into chaos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut they made it out alive. And this time, Rothko is determined that things will be different.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA decade since Kae Tempest's last novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaving Spent Life Seeking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about family and forgiveness; redemption and atonement; desire and abandon; selfhood and community. This book is about things we seek when we are hiding, and what finds us, if we can let ourselves be seen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: 2026, UK\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Jonathan Cape\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 339\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781787335387\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kae Tempest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57139041239371,"sku":null,"price":19.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9781787335387.jpg?v=1777287023","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/having-spent-life-seeking","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}