Influenced by Peters&rsquo\; own Mi&rsquo\
;kmaq heritage\, \;The Berry Pickers \;is a riveting exploration of fam
ily\, grief\, and the bonds we share.
July 1962. A Mi&rsquo\;km
aq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the su
mmer. Weeks later\, four-year-old Ruthie\, the family&rsquo\;s youngest ch
ild\, vanishes. She is last seen by her six-year-old brother\, Joe\, sitti
ng on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distra
ught by his sister&rsquo\;s disappearance for years to come.
The Berry Picker
s \;is an intimate portrait of race\, love\, and loneliness&n
dash\;and the power of forgiveness. Register now to take part in the discussion!
About the Author: \;Amanda Peter
s is a mixed-race woman of Mi&rsquo\;kmaq and European ancestry\, born
and raised in the Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia. Her short fiction and n
on-fiction have been published in \;The Antigonish Review\, <
em>Grain Magazine\, The Alaska Quarterly Review\, The Da
lhousie Review\, \;and \;Filling Station Magazine.
Amanda&rsquo\;s first novel\, \;The Berry Pickers\, was a finalis
t for the Atwood Gibson Writers&rsquo\; Trust Fiction Prize in Canada\, an
d won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excel
lence in Fiction in the US. \;The Berry Pickers \;won the Dartmouth Boo
k Award and the Crime Writers of Canada First Crime Novel Award\, and has
been translated into sixteen languages around the world. Her most recent b
ook of short fiction\, \;Waiting for the Long Night Moon\, was published Au
gust\, 2024\, to critical acclaim.
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