Literary Fiction
The Berry Pickers
2023·307 pages
A Mi’kmaq family’s youngest child vanishes in 1962 Maine, while a girl named Norma uncovers hidden family secrets over decades.
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A Mi’kmaq family’s youngest child vanishes in 1962 Maine, while a girl named Norma uncovers hidden family secrets over decades.
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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 frustratin...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Mild adult relationships; no explicit sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Teen murder and domestic violence; not highly graphic
Profanity
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Occasional strong language and cursing throughout
Substance use
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Alcoholism and substance use disorder as major character themes
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Not present
Occult / demonology
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Not present
Political content
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Racism, residential schools, and Indigenous trauma are central
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Child abduction, domestic abuse, residential trauma, pregnancy loss
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