Having Spent Life Seeking

By Kae Tempest

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Having Spent Life Seeking (2026) is a novel by Kae Tempest about a homecoming and the chance to live differently. Rothko Taylor returns to their seaside hometown of Edgecliff after fifteen years away, haunted by memories of their mother Meg, their father Ezra and Dionne, the one person who truly saw them. Determined that things will be different this time, Rothko confronts the past in a story of family, forgiveness, identity and community.

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• Dua Lipa: “I was so gripped, and I was so moved, and before I'd even finished the first chapter, I already felt so much for Rothko.”