July 1962. A Mi&rsquo\;kmaq family from No va Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later \, four-year-old Ruthie\, the family&rsquo\;s youngest child\, vanishes. S he is last seen by her six-year-old brother\, Joe\, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his siste r&rsquo\;s disappearance for years to come. \;
\nIn Maine\, a yo ung girl named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant\, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more lik e memories than imagination. As she grows older\, Norma slowly comes to re alize there is something her parents aren&rsquo\;t telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition\, she will spend decades trying to uncover this f amily secret. (From the publisher)
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