The Berry Pickers: A Novel

ISBN: 1646222385

Author: Peters, Amanda

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize WinnerWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionA four-year-old Mikmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years"A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness." -People, A Best New BookJuly 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mikmaq family arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the familys youngest child, vanishes. She 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 sisters disappearance for years to come.In Maine, a young 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 like memories than imagination. As she grows older, Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents arent telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret.An unforgettable exploration of grief, love, and kin, (The Boston Globe), this show stopping debut by a vibrant new voice in fiction is a riveting novel about the search for truth, the shadow of trauma, and the persistence of love across time.