The berry pickers: a novel
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Published:
New York : Catapult, [2023].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
307 pages : map ; 24 cm
Status:
44 copies, 15 people are on the wait list.
Description
"July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's 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 sister's 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 aren't telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret. For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping 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."--
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781646221950, 1646221958, 9781646222384
Notes
General Note
All CT Reads 2025 Shortlist.
General Note
Simultaneously published: Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2023.
Description
"July 1962. A Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family's 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 sister's 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 aren't telling her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition, she will spend decades trying to uncover this family secret. For readers of The Vanishing Half and Woman of Light, this showstopping 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."--,Provided by publisher.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Peters, A. (2023). The berry pickers: a novel. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Peters, Amanda. 2023. The Berry Pickers: A Novel. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Peters, Amanda, The Berry Pickers: A Novel. Catapult, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Peters, Amanda. The Berry Pickers: A Novel. Catapult, 2023.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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