Because her family was not loving and demonstrative the way that she wished it to be, she believed there was no support or caring. January, February, June or July shows that communication is the key to the health and happiness of the family. Not a follower of contemporary wisdom, Porter does not believe the family as a unit is breaking up. Even bad families mean a lot to the people in them. Also about families is Porter's forthcoming work, a collection of short stories tentatively called A Long and Lonely Ride.
Writers tend to be stronger about what they know.
It meant a lot to me to be acknowledged in that way. A well-known feminist in Newfoundland, Porter chose abortion as a topic because she wanted her novel to cover a short time period with a tightly focused subject. This gives an immediacy to the novel and an added spark to the family dynamics. Porter has not heard any official reaction from the prolife movement and has received very little negative feedback. Porter succeeds in getting this message across as she explores the dynamics of an ordinary family confronted with an extraordinary situation.