February - by Lisa Moore (Paperback)

About the Book

Moore's follow-up to her award-winning debut, "Alligator," is propelled by a local tragedy, in which an oil rig sinks in a violent storm. Helen O'Mara, widowed by the accident, spirals from the present day back to that devastating winter that persists in her mind and heart.

Review Quotes

"Eloquently written . . . Moore has great strengths as a writer, chiefly in her powers of description. . . . [In "February" she] provides vivid, cinematic snapshots of family life . . . [and] a woman's return from the long exile of her grief."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Lisa Moore's artfully fragmented narrative movingly reflects Helen's shattered psyche. But like a ray of wintry sunshine piercing the ocean fog, the novel's conclusion holds out hope that frozen hearts can thaw and even made-up minds can be changed."--"The Boston Globe"
"[An] extraordinary, unusually philosophical and human novel."--"The Irish Times"
"Assured . . . [with] supple, graceful prose . . . Moore's firm grip and fine craft make something special from this novel of disaster and its aftermath."--"The Independent "(UK)
"Lisa Moore can do impressive things with plain language."--"Star Tribune" (Minneapolis)
"Quietly reflective . . . Evocative . . . Expressive."--"Publishers Weekly "
"Moore offers us, elegantly, exultantly, the very consciousness of her characters. In this way, she does more than make us feel for them. She makes us feel what they feel, which is, I think, the point of literature and maybe even the point of being human. . . . [Lisa Moore] gets life. . . . Exquisitely mindful . . . Luminous."--"The Globe and Mail"
"Deftly executed and moving."--"The Star" (Toronto)
"Emotional tension, coupled with an acute eye for regional setting and dialect, has long been a hallmark of Moore's work. . . . ["February"] is hauntingly beautiful . . . [and its] subtle styling, sparse dialogue and sombre tone succeed at shining a light not only upon the impact of the Ocean Ranger disaster, but also upon the lasting aftermath of death itself. . . . Moore pens another triumph."--" The Chronicle Herald "(Canada)
"Moore's ability to write originally and passionately about love and death relies on her eye for detail and her psychologica

"[Moore's] images are so sure-footed they give you the impression of having been rendered not merely in the best words available but in the only words imaginable." -- Todd Pruzan

"Lisa Moore... writes line after line, paragraph after paragraph about plain, grim, North American life made beautiful by the telling of it." -- Alan Cheuse

"Moore transcends language and goes straight for the nervous system." -- Susan Salter Reynolds

"Moore's writing is on a level all her own. Her sentences ignite, and her word choices are often genius. She writes with such detail and emotion... moving confidently from one perspective to another." -- Helena Ubinas

About the Author

Lisa Moore is the acclaimed author of two Scotiabank Giller Prize-finalists, "Open," a story collection, and the novel "Alligator," which also won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Caribbean and Canadian region. Moore lives in St. John's, Newfoundland.