On Christ­mas Eve, 1898, a young woman gives birth while caught out­side in a swirling bliz­zard. Thaw fol­lows the unset­tled life of this child, as she grows into a dis­qui­et­ing pres­ence in tran­quil Cup­board Cove.

Hazel Boone lives life on its bor­der, mov­ing among famil­iar strangers, her body dri­ven by temp­ta­tion and an inner fire. Her self-indulgence cre­ates a shame that per­co­lates down through gen­er­a­tions, seiz­ing every­one in its path includ­ing her son, the painter David Boone, and his young appren­tice, Tilley Gover.

Sev­enty years after her birth, dur­ing a win­ter of con­stric­tion, a tragedy repeats itself, and the res­i­dents of this small out­port re-discover that pas­sion can be as destruc­tive as it is redeeming.

Praise for Thaw

Longlisted for the Relit Award

“…a vivid, rich, gal­lop­ing story, gothic and true…”
Lisa Moore, Author of Open, Alli­ga­tor, and February

“One of the major plea­sures of this excel­lent novel is read­ing it aloud. [Thaw is]… won­der­ful, musi­cal and often laugh-out-loud funny.”
Mar­garet Can­non, The Globe and Mail

“She’s estab­lish­ing her own genre, a kind of New­found­land Gothic … with an arc as relent­less and oth­er­worldly as a mete­orite.”
Joan Sul­li­van, Cur­rent Magazine

“…if my instincts are cor­rect, I think this book is a har­bin­ger of great things to come — and may mark Nicole Lun­dri­gan as a seri­ous con­tender for the next Great Cana­dian Nov­el­ist.”
Sarah Wein­man