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PETERS AMANDA THE BERRY PICKERS

'For fans of Celeste Ng and Ann Patchett  this quietly beautiful book will break  then mend 
your heart' Amazon  The Best Books of 2023WINNER OF THE 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER
PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION***One family's deepest
pain. Another family's darkest secret. On a hot day in 1960s Maine  six-year-old Joe watches
his little sister Ruthie  sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields 
while their family  Mi'kmaq people from Nova Scotia  pick fruit. That afternoon  Ruthie
vanishes without a trace. As the last person to see her  Joe will be forever haunted by grief 
guilt  and the agony of imagining how his life could have been. In an affluent suburb nearby 
Norma is growing up as the only child of unhappy parents. She is smart  precocious  and
bursting with questions she isn't allowed to ask - questions about her missing baby photos 
questions about her dark skin  questions about the strange  vivid dreams of campfires and warm
embraces that return night after night. Norma senses there are things her parents aren't
telling her  but it will take decades to unravel the secrets they have kept buried since she
was a little girl. The Berry Pickers is an exquisitely moving story of unrelenting hope 
unwavering love  and the power of family - even in the face of grief and betrayal. 'Marvellous
... Amanda Peters is going to be the next big thing ... The Berry Pickers is a triumph'
Katherena Vermette  author of The Strangers'Peters excels in writing characters for whom we
can't help rooting' The New York Times'Lucid and assured' The New Yorker  Best Books of 2023

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