Mt. Royal Book Club: The Berry Pickers

Event Description

The Mt. Royal Book Club meets the first Wednesday of each month to discuss various fiction and non-fiction titles. New members are always welcome! For the Month of June, we will be discussing "The Berry Pickers" by Amanda Peters.

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About the Book: 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.

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Titles are subject to change based on availability. Email Julia at [email protected] for more information!

Bookings

There's no need to book your place for this event. Just meet us at Mount Royal Branch Library.