Join our lively Books & Brews meet-up on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 6:00-7:00 p.m., at Fringe Brewing in Downtown Ferndale. The discussion is casual, and all are welcome — even if you don’t finish the book!
This month, we will read The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. “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 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.”
We won’t be having a Books & Brews meeting this November or December due to library closure days. But we will be back in January, ready for a great new read!
