I Think We've Been Here Before

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by Suzy Krause

Paperback (Fiction)
5.5" x 8.5”
306 pages
Release Date: September 24 2024
ISBN: 9781998926220

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by Suzy Krause

Paperback (Fiction)
5.5" x 8.5”
306 pages
Release Date: September 24 2024
ISBN: 9781998926220

by Suzy Krause

Paperback (Fiction)
5.5" x 8.5”
306 pages
Release Date: September 24 2024
ISBN: 9781998926220

Marlen and Hilda Jorgensen’s family has received two significant pieces of news: one, Marlen has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Two, a cosmic blast is set to render humanity extinct within a matter of months. It seems the coming Christmas on their Saskatchewan farm will be their last.

Preparing for the inevitable, they navigate the time they have left together. Marlen and Hilda have channeled their energy into improbably prophetic works of art. Hilda’s elderly father receives a longed-for visitor from his past, her sister refuses to believe the world is ending, and her teenaged nephew is missing. All the while, her daughter struggles to find her way home from Berlin with the help of an oddly familiar stranger. For everyone, there’s an unsettling feeling that this unprecedented reality is something they remember.

I longed for this novel when I wasn’t reading it, found I missed Krause’s poignant observations, the dazzling, comforting faith in humanity offered on each page, the accounts of the tiny pleasures, huge heartaches, and everything else in between that make up a life. In the end, it was everything I wanted, needed—and, in a strange way, expected, as if I, too, possessed the deep knowing this author channeled into such charming storytelling. This novel moved me, changed me, delighted me, undid me—and, most importantly, it made me unafraid. I will hand it to the people I love most, filled with the hope that they might find what I did within its pages—and the certainty that they will.
— Marissa Stapley, New York Times-bestselling author of Lucky and The Lightning Bottles
Tenderly devastating and beautifully rendered, I Think We’ve Been Here Before is a love story for the end of the world. Suzy Krause’s captivating talent and high-concept execution are a gift to readers―every book should be written this perfectly.
— Amber Cowie, author of The Off Season
An extremely poignant and heartwarming exploration of the human experience when confronted by its own mortality. Krause has masterfully rooted this apocalyptic tale in the family unit and it’s there that we find ourselves examining our own priorities and values as this beautifully crafted story unfolds.
— Perry Chafe, bestselling author of Closer By Sea
This book made me feel nostalgic for a better world I might have seen in a dream. It made me want to jump out of a plane, get a tattoo, play Pinball, to be the best Dad. It made me want to lie in a field and watch the stars. It made me want to gather everyone I love and tell them everything, to say nice things out loud to strangers in the street. In short, it made me want to live.
— Tim Blackett, author of Grandview Drive

Suzy Krause

Suzy Krause is the bestselling author of Sorry I Missed You and Valencia and Valentine. She grew up on a little farm in rural Saskatchewan and now lives in Regina, where she writes novels inspired by crappy jobs, creepy houses, personal metaphorical apocalypses, and favourite songs. Her work has been translated into Russian and Estonian. Suzy lives in Regina, Saskatchewan.

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