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? **
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As the snowstorm of the century rages, 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. **
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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.