{"product_id":"the-berry-pickers-by-amanda-peters","title":"The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:0px 0px 14px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 BARNES \u0026amp; NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eOne family’s deepest pain. Another family’s darkest secret.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding:0px;margin:-4px 0px 0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;background-color:#ffffff;\"\u003eProduct description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-base\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;color:#0f1111;font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:#ffffff;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:22px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFor fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eCeleste Ng\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eAnn Patchett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003equietly beautiful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook will break, then mend, your heart -- Sarah Gelman ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eAmazon, The Best Books of 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ghosts of lost children haunt generations in this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003elucid and assured \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edébut ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe New Yorker, Best Books of 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003epoignant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edebut from\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003e a writer to watch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eKirkus, Starred Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eMarvellous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... I can’t believe Amanda Peters is just getting started ... She’s going to be \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ethe next big thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Berry Pickers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ea triumph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eKatherena Vermette, author of The Strangers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eEnthralling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePowerfully rendered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ecogent and heartfelt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e look at the ineffable pull of family ties ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eWonderful ... Indigenous stories like this matter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and while little is easy for Peters’ characters, in the end, for all of them – even those who stole a small child – there is hope ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eEmily Dziuban, Booklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ePoignant ... Reads like a modern literary classic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eMoving, heartbreaking, and hopeful,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Berry Pickers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003epowerful \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etale of haunting regret, bonds that will never be broken, and unrelenting love ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eNick Medina, author of Sisters of the Lost Nation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Peters] \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eexcels i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003en writing characters for whom we\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003e can’t help rooting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Berry Pickers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis just like a handful of berries ... filled with so much sweet, so much sour, so much juice. Reading this book,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003e I was only ever hungry when it ended\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eMorgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ebrilliantly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecrafts a multi-layered tale of how one irrational act creates irrevocable harm that ripples through multiple lives ... A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003efluid and emotional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e read that is both plainly and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ebeautifully rendered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eAn amazing read from an amazing new voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eMichelle Good, author of Five Little Indians\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eA beautiful novel about family and about the way it makes and breaks and remakes us again\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... It contains a cast of characters you will \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003enever forget\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With this book, Amanda Peters establishes herself as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ean essential new voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eAlexander MacLeod, author of Animal Person\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeters weaves a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003epersistent thread of hope and resilience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e through her \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eremarkable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edebut novel ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eAllison Zhao, Acta Victoriana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eLyrical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... You \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ecannot help but love these characters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from the first chapter, they stay with you long after the last page ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eCherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eHauntingly beautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ... A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003epage-turner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat will stay with readers long after they’ve finished reading it ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Suburban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eHeartbreaking and genuine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this saga of a family dealing with the disappearance of a beloved child will resonate with readers of historical fiction, Indigenous fiction and anyone who enjoys a solidly written story ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eemotional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edebut is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ebeautifully told\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e story of identity, loss, and the power of love ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003edeep \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexploration into the human spirit and the meaning of connection ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eSydney Walsh, Atlantic Books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003e crystalline clear prose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003ebrilliantly descriptive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of a time and place, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Berry Pickers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etells a moving story \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eespecially relevant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to our times, when so much of Canada’s dark past increasingly comes to light' ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003e2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Jury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eunputdownable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e novel of identity, forgiveness, and insistent hope ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003eThe Monitor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eprofound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e study of the love, grief and betrayals of two families ― \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"font-style:italic;\"\u003einews, The best new books to read in November 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\" style=\"margin-bottom:22px;padding:6px 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"padding:0px 0px 4px;margin:0px;font-weight:400;font-size:24px;line-height:32px;font-style:normal;\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"detailBullets_feature_div\" style=\"font-style:normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\" style=\"margin:0px 0px 1px 18px;padding:0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan 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‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e024169244X\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0241692448\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e390 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style:none;margin:0px 0px 5.5px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.3 x 2.3 x 23.4 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