{"id":121,"date":"2015-12-24T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/tilden\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T23:10:07","slug":"fireside-chat-book-discussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/tilden\/programs\/fireside-chat-book-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"the morning BookBreak Club"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you like to read, and like to discuss books in a relaxing and informal setting with others who like to read, then join us for coffee at our morning BookBreak<\/span> Club<\/em>.\u00a0 This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 10:30 am in the library by the fireplace.\u00a0 Copies of books for discussion are available for check out at the library throughout the month.<\/p>\n

The next group meets on: December 17, 2025 at 10:30 am
<\/strong>Book for discussion: The Berry Pickers <\/i><\/a>by Amanda Peters.<\/p>\n

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One family\u2019s deepest pain. Another\u2019s darkest secret. Who will they be when the truth comes out?<\/b>

On a hot day in 1960s Maine, six-year-old Joe watches his little sister Ruthie, sitting on her favorite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields, while their family, Mi\u2019kmaq people from Nova Scotia, pick fruit. That afternoon, Ruthie vanishes without a trace. As the last person to see her, Joe will be forever haunted by grief, guilt, and the agony of imagining how his life could have been.

In an affluent suburb nearby, Norma is growing up as the only child of unhappy parents. She is smart, precocious, and bursting with questions she isn\u2019t allowed to ask \u2013 questions about her missing baby photos; questions about her dark skin; questions about the strange, vivid dreams of campfires and warm embraces that return night after night. Norma senses there are things her parents aren\u2019t telling her, but it will take decades to unravel the secrets they have kept buried since she was a little girl.

The Berry Pickers<\/i>\u00a0is an exquisitely moving story of unrelenting hope, unwavering love, and the power of family \u2013 even in the face of grief and betrayal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Genres:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Mystery\u00a0 |\u00a0 Historical Fiction\u00a0 |\u00a0 Fiction\u00a0 | Indigenous\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Read reviews and more information about this book at Goodreads.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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If you like to read, and like to discuss books in a relaxing and informal setting with others who like to read, then join us for coffee at our morning BookBreak Club.\u00a0 This group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 10:30 am in the library by the fireplace.\u00a0 Copies of books for discussion are available for check out at the library throughout the month. The next group meets on: December 17, 2025 at 10:30 amBook for discussion: The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. \u00a0 One family\u2019s deepest pain. Another\u2019s darkest secret. Who will they be when the…<\/p>\n

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