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The Berry Pickers
- Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus, Jordan Waunch
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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The Berry Pickers
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Publisher's Summary
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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.
Critic Reviews
'Marvellous... Amanda Peters is going to be the next big thing... The Berry Pickers is a triumph.' Katherena Vermette, author of The Strangers
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- Anonymous User
- 04-09-2024
Beautifully told story of love, loss, entitlement, deceit forgiveness and redemption
The story unfolded clearly with gentleness and empathy of all the characters who came to life across the pages throughout the decades.
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- Anonymon
- 26-05-2024
Sadness
A depressing book all round. I would not recommend it at all. Would be different if it was true, but who thinks up this misery!
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- Hayley
- 11-01-2024
A family drama
What would you do if you discovered you weren’t who you thought you were? This is a multi layered story dealing with family, grief and never giving up.
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