Book of the Month September

The Berry Pickers

by Amanda Peters

September's selection is The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters.

Read with me!

This is a powerful and emotionally challenging read. Trust me, you need to read this one!

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.

"A stunning debut about love, race, brutality, and the balm of forgiveness." —People Magazine, A Best New Book

HAPPY READING!

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Book Review Questions for August

The Last Love Note

1. What is it about death and grief that we find so difficult to talk about?

2. Kate worries that widows are always judged when they fall in love again. What do you think drives this judgement?

3. Do you think Hugh did the right thing, keeping the secret from Kate? What would you have done?

4. What was the saddest moment in the novel for you? 

5. What dreams have you been deferring that you’d most regret if time ran out? 

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