The GWC Book Club will gather on October 14 at 7 p.m. at the home of Helen Cotner. Co-hostess will be Prudi Fournier, and the discussion leader will be Patti Whetstone. The novel for this month is called TheBerry Pickersby Amanda Peters.
In July of 1962 a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, 4-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes. She is last seen by her 6-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. Meanwhile 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.
Please let Helen know that you plan to attend by October 12 so she can notify the gate attendant. Helen’s information can be found in the GWC Directory.
