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The Berry Pickers

320 pages 2023 Literary Fiction, Indigenous Fiction, Mystery 🌶️ Clean Standalone
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1962. A four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl vanishes from a blueberry field in Maine. Decades later, a woman named Norma is haunted by visions of a life she can't remember. A debut novel about stolen identity, Indigenous families, and the stories that survive even when they're taken from us.

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Clean — mystery and identity themes.

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Is This Book for You?

Skip if you dislike:

Ending: Devastating
Pacing: Slow

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Haunting Emotional Atmospheric Identity

Tropes: Missing Child Indigenous Family Dual Timeline Identity Search

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this a debut?

Yes — Amanda Peters' first novel.

Is it based on real events?

Inspired by the real history of Indigenous child removal.

Is it mystery or literary fiction?

Both — the mystery serves the literary and cultural themes.

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