We Have Never Lived On Earth

We’ve never lived on earth. I point this out to him as the bus veers up the street. In the world we’re creating together, no animals exist, no seasons either. We live eight storeys up and never touch soil. We follow highways not rivers. We name our heat waves after our grandmothers. We pretend our p......more

Absolutely stunning--it starts in a sort of quiet, unassuming way (a set of small vignettes about a girlhood) and becomes more and more haunting and strange, surreal and dream-like with distinct feminist themes. Highly recommend.......more

3.5 A solid collection of connected short stories with one very strong offering and several slighter ones that felt like vignettes.......more

Kasia Van Schaik’s remarkable debut collection of short fiction is narrated primarily by Charlotte Ferrier, a high school student when we meet her, living with her divorced mother and younger sister, Nina, in a small town in British Columbia’s mountainous interior. Charlotte’s mother Willo has broug......more

Such a wonderful interconnected short story collection! This is definitely the type of book that needs to be binge read. I feel like I need to go back and reread a few of these stories for sure. Beautiful writing!......more