Female Life on Planet Earth: A Novel

WINNER OF THE 2026 CALIBA GOLDEN POPPY AWARD

“A novel about love, secrets, and the unknown depths of the people we love, Female Life on Planet Earth is intoxicating. Khadivi writes with bristling intelligence and real beauty.”

—Katie Kitamura, national bestselling author of Audition

The weird thing is, I’m more interested in my mother now she’s dead.

From an award-winning author comes a stunning, darkly funny novel about a daughter discovering her mother’s secret past.

When Heti’s mother, Ana, d...