January, February, June Or July

in English, 204 pages,
Breakwater Books, March 01, 1988
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Helen Porter’s first novel, January, February, June or July, tackles the subject of abortion. It won the Young Adult Canadian Book Award from the Canadian Library Association.

Porter introduces us to Heather Novak, a young woman at odds with the world, attempting to cope with the consequences with her first, brief love affair. Porter examines Heather’s relationships with her family, her peers, and a young man who, as did her father years before, leaves her to face alone the painful process of growing up. The book is set in St. John’s Newfoundland, where Porter lived all her life.