How Strong the Roots is a book of poetry. It highlights the family and Newfoundland cultural heritage dealing with the survival of some outports despite resettlement and the rape of the cod fishery. The poetry of this book extol both the beauty and the hardship of outport life - before Confederation...and afterward. Like old ledger entries of flour and twine, this book documents the price of survival and bears witness to our perennial desire...to culture something even more valuable.