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SUMMARY:Library Speakers Consortium Presents Author Amanda Peters
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in a virtual event with the bestselling author of "The
  Berry Pickers.".\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.info/event/14622608
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for a virutal event with acclaimed
  writer Amanda Peters as we discuss her instant bestselling novel&nbsp\;<e
 m>The Berry Pickers&nbsp\;</em>as well as her tender short fiction collect
 ion <em>Waiting for the Long Night Moon: Stories</em>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br 
 />Influenced by Peters&rsquo\; own Mi&rsquo\;kmaq heritage\, <em>The Berry
  Picker</em>s is a riveting exploration of family\, grief\, and the bonds 
 we share.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />July 1962. A Mi&rsquo\;kmaq family from Nov
 a Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later\
 , 4-year-old Ruthie\, the family&rsquo\;s youngest child\, vanishes. She i
 s last seen by her 6-year-old brother\, Joe\, sitting on a favorite rock a
 t the edge of a berry field. Joe will remain distraught by his sister&rsqu
 o\;s disappearance for years to come.</p>\n<p><br />In Maine\, a young gir
 l named Norma grows up as the only child of an affluent family. Her father
  is emotionally distant\, her mother frustratingly overprotective. Norma i
 s often troubled by recurring dreams and visions that seem more like memor
 ies than imagination. As she grows older\, Norma slowly comes to realize t
 here is something her parents aren&rsquo\;t telling her. Unwilling to aban
 don her intuition\, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family s
 ecret.</p>\n<p><br /><em>The Berry Pickers</em> is an intimate portrait of
  race\, love\, and loneliness&ndash\;and the power of forgiveness.&nbsp\;<
 /p>\n<p><br />Amanda Peters is a mixed-race woman of Mi&rsquo\;kmaq and Eu
 ropean ancestry\, born and raised in the Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia. H
 er short fiction and non-fiction have been published in <em>The Antigonish
  Review</em>\, <em>Grain Magazine</em>\, T<em>he Alaska Quarterly Review</
 em>\, <em>The Dalhousie Review</em>\, and <em>Filling Station Magazine</em
 >.</p>\n<p>Amanda&rsquo\;s first novel&nbsp\;<em>The Berry Pickers&nbsp\;<
 /em>was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Writers&rsquo\; Trust Fiction Pri
 ze in Canada\, and won the Barnes and Noble Discover Prize and the Carnegi
 e Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the US. <em>The Berry Pickers</em> wo
 n the Dartmouth Book Award and the Crime Writers of Canada First Crime Nov
 el Award\, and has been translated into 16 languages around the world. Her
  most recent book of short fiction&nbsp\;<em>Waiting for the Long Night Mo
 on</em>&nbsp\;was published in 2024 to critical acclaim.</p>\n<p>Presented
  with Library Speakers Consortium.</p>\n<p>Sponsored by the Friends of the
  Library.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://hplibrary.libnet.info/event/14622
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