This Is How We Love

<p><strong>From the celebrated author of <em>February</em> and <em>Caught</em> 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?</strong> <strong><br></strong></p><p>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. <strong><br></strong></p><p>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. </p><p>A tour de force of storytelling and craft, <em>This Is How We Love</em> brings us a cast of characters so rich and true they could only have been written by Lisa Moore. </p>