The Berry Pickers

By: Amanda Peters

Narrated by: Aaliya Warbus, Jordan Waunch

A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a tragic mystery that haunts the survivors, unravels a family, and remains unsolved for nearly fifty years

July 1962. Following in the tradition of Indigenous workers from Nova Scotia, a Mi’kmaq family 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.©2023 Amanda Peters (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Untold truth a heart knows...

The story is poignant and believable. Filled with family trials and love, sorrows and hope . The narrators voices fit their roles very well and added depth to the tale.

Heartbreaking but beautiful

I can’t write a full review without revealing too much about the book. There’s so much I can say about so many parts of this story. It’s amazing

This is a book about love and forgiveness!

This book was amazing! This book is about love and forgiveness. The book was well written and I enjoyed all the different characters and how they speak about their lives.

Compelling story

This book was well written. The narrators were pleasant to listen to. I appreciated the honesty and the compassion expressed as every character’s story was introduced.

Outstanding book.

Absolutely beautiful, couldn’t stop listening! Fell in love with all the characters! A must read.