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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us in an online conversation with acclaimed writer Amanda
  Peters as we discuss her instant bestselling novel\, 'The Berry Pickers\,
 ' as well as her tender short fiction collection\, 'Waiting for the Long N
 ight Moon: Stories.' \n\nInfluenced by Peters’ own Mi’kmaq heritage\, 'The
  Berry Pickers' is a riveting exploration of family\, grief\, and the bond
 s we share. \n\nJuly 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Ma
 ine 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-yea
 r-old brother\, Joe\, sitting on a favorite rock at the edge of a berry fi
 eld. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to
  come.\n\nIn Maine\, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child o
 f an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant\, her mother frust
 ratingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and v
 isions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older\,
  Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t telli
 ng her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition\, she will spend decades trying
  to uncover this family secret.\n\n'The Berry Pickers' is an intimate port
 rait of race\, love\, and loneliness–and the power of forgiveness. Registe
 r now to take part in the discussion!\n\nAbout the Author: Amanda Peters i
 s a mixed-race woman of Mi’kmaq and European ancestry\, born and raised in
  the Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia. Her short fiction and non-fiction hav
 e been published in The Antigonish Review\, Grain Magazine\, The Alaska Qu
 arterly Review\, The Dalhousie Review\, and Filling Station Magazine.\n\nA
 manda’s first novel\, 'The Berry Pickers\,' was a finalist for the Atwood 
 Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in Canada\, and won the Barnes and Nob
 le Discover Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the 
 US. 'The Berry Pickers' won the Dartmouth Book Award and the Crime Writers
  of Canada First Crime Novel Award\, and has been translated into sixteen 
 languages around the world. Her most recent book of short fiction\, 'Waiti
 ng for the Long Night Moon\,' was published August\, 2024\, to critical ac
 claim.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in an online conversation with acclaimed writer Amanda 
 Peters as we discuss her instant bestselling novel\, 'The Berry Pickers\,'
  as well as her tender short fiction collection\, 'Waiting for the Long Ni
 ght Moon: Stories.' \n\nInfluenced by Peters’ own Mi’kmaq heritage\, 'The 
 Berry Pickers' is a riveting exploration of family\, grief\, and the bonds
  we share. \n\nJuly 1962. A Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Mai
 ne 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 fie
 ld. Joe will remain distraught by his sister’s disappearance for years to 
 come.\n\nIn Maine\, a young girl named Norma grows up as the only child of
  an affluent family. Her father is emotionally distant\, her mother frustr
 atingly overprotective. Norma is often troubled by recurring dreams and vi
 sions that seem more like memories than imagination. As she grows older\, 
 Norma slowly comes to realize there is something her parents aren’t tellin
 g her. Unwilling to abandon her intuition\, she will spend decades trying 
 to uncover this family secret.\n\n'The Berry Pickers' is an intimate portr
 ait of race\, love\, and loneliness–and the power of forgiveness. Register
  now to take part in the discussion!\n\nAbout the Author: Amanda Peters is
  a mixed-race woman of Mi’kmaq and European ancestry\, born and raised in 
 the Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia. Her short fiction and non-fiction have
  been published in The Antigonish Review\, Grain Magazine\, The Alaska Qua
 rterly Review\, The Dalhousie Review\, and Filling Station Magazine.\n\nAm
 anda’s first novel\, 'The Berry Pickers\,' was a finalist for the Atwood G
 ibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize in Canada\, and won the Barnes and Nobl
 e Discover Prize and the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in the U
 S. 'The Berry Pickers' won the Dartmouth Book Award and the Crime Writers 
 of Canada First Crime Novel Award\, and has been translated into sixteen l
 anguages around the world. Her most recent book of short fiction\, 'Waitin
 g for the Long Night Moon\,' was published August\, 2024\, to critical acc
 laim.
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LOCATION:https://libraryc.org/mrlib/100672
SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Amanda Peters
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