This is how we love / Lisa Moore.
This is how we love / Lisa Moore.
By
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Moore, Lisa, 1964-
Publication Date
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2022
Publication Information
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[Toronto] : House of Anansi Press,
Physical Description
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390 p.
Subject Term
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Families -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Geographic Term
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Newfoundland and Labrador -- Fiction.
Genre
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Canadian fiction.
Summary
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From the celebrated author of February and Caught comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What makes a family? How does it shape us? And can we ever really choose who we love? As the snowstorm of the century rages toward Newfoundland, twenty-one-year-old Xavier is beaten and stabbed in a vicious attack. His mother, Jules, must fight her way through the shuttered streets of St. John’s to reach the hospital where Xavier lies unconscious. When a video of the attack surfaces, Jules struggles to make sense of what she sees in the footage -- and of what she can’t quite make out. While Xavier’s story unfolds, so, too, do the stories that brought him there. Here, across families and generations, are stories of mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers; of children cared for, neglected, lost, and re-found; of selfless generosity and reluctant debt. Above all, Moore, in the inimitable largesse of her art, paints a shimmering portrait of the sacrifice, pain, and wild joy of loving. A tour de force of storytelling and craft, This is How We Love brings us a cast of characters so rich and true they could only have been written by Lisa Moore.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781487001193
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