From the acclaimed author Kae Tempest comes Having Spent Life Seeking, a scorching story of love, change, homecoming, and forgiveness, selected as Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club Pick for June 2026. This powerful contemporary fiction novel explores the return of Rothko Taylor to their hometown, Edgecliff, fifteen years after leaving.

Rothko confronts the ghosts of their past—the memories of teenage years, their parents Ezra and Meg, and the extraordinary connection with Dionne. Having survived past chaos, Rothko is determined that this time, things will be different.

• Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club Pick for June 2026.
• Praised by Shon Faye as "Amazing, it really moved me."
• Described by Irvine Welsh as "A wonderful, moving and enlightening state-of-Britain novel."
• A novel focusing on themes of love, change, homecoming, and forgiveness.

• Author: Kae Tempest
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 352 pages
• ISBN-10: 1787335372
• ISBN-13: 978-1787335370
• Dimensions: 145 x 33 x 224mm
• Weight: 400 g
• Publication Date: 30 April 2026

Discover Kae Tempest's masterful storytelling in this deeply felt novel about navigating the past to build a new future.