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Sběrači borůvek
Author: Amanda Peters
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Amanda Peters's Sběrači borůvek connects family loss with a long search for identity. A child's disappearance during seasonal work in Maine changes Joe's life, while Norma grows up in a family with unspoken questions.
In 1962, a Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives to pick blueberries. Young Ruthie's disappearance leaves an absence that time alone cannot heal.
A second storyline follows Norma and her doubts about her origins. The two perspectives reveal the difference between what a family knows, suspects, and conceals. The novel focuses not only on uncovering a secret but also on the lasting effects of loss and the search for belonging.
Amanda Peters: Sběrači borůvek. Czech-language electronic edition in EPUB and MOBI formats.
Amanda Peters's Sběrači borůvek connects family loss with a long search for identity. A child's disappearance during seasonal work in Maine changes Joe's life, while Norma grows up in a family with unspoken questions.
Book information
- Author
- Amanda Petersová
- Publisher
- Jota
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Original title
- The Berry Pickers
- ISBN
- 978-80-7689-444-0
- Publication date
- 1. January 2024
- Pages
- 296
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-7689-445-7) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-7689-446-4)
What is Sběrači borůvek about?
In 1962, a Mi'kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives to pick blueberries. Young Ruthie's disappearance leaves an absence that time alone cannot heal.
A second storyline follows Norma and her doubts about her origins. The two perspectives reveal the difference between what a family knows, suspects, and conceals. The novel focuses not only on uncovering a secret but also on the lasting effects of loss and the search for belonging.
Themes and motifs
Family loss
A child's disappearance affects the lives of those close to her.
Identity and memory
Norma searches for connections within her own story.
Setting
Maine during the 1962 blueberry harvest, and the family environment in which Norma grows up.
Main characters
Joe
The brother of the missing Ruthie.
Norma
A girl who doubts the story of her family.
Who is this book for?
For readers of literary family fiction with an Indigenous North American perspective.
Book context
Amanda Peters's family novel connects two perspectives on loss, memory, and the search for identity.
Otázky o knihe
Who wrote the book?
Amanda Peters, credited in this Czech edition as Amanda Petersová.
What event opens the story?
Young Ruthie disappears during seasonal blueberry picking in Maine in 1962.
What language is this edition in?
Czech.
What are the formats?
EPUB and MOBI.
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