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AMANDA PETERS is a writer of Mi'kmaq and settler ancestry. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico, she has a Certificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Prose and a participant in the 2021 Writers' Trust Rising Stars program. Her work has appeared in the Antigonish Review, Grain Magazine, the Alaska Quarterly Review, the Dalhousie Review and Filling Station Magazine. She lives in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. The Berry Pickers is her first novel.
For fans of Celeste Ng and Ann Patchett, this quietly beautiful book will break, then mend, your heart -- Sarah Gelman * Amazon, The Best Books of 2023 * The ghosts of lost children haunt generations in this lucid and assured début * The New Yorker, Best Books of 2023 * A poignant debut from a writer to watch * Kirkus, Starred Review * Enthralling ... Powerfully rendered ... A cogent and heartfelt look at the ineffable pull of family ties * Publishers Weekly * Poignant ... Reads like a modern literary classic ... Moving, heartbreaking, and hopeful, The Berry Pickers is a powerful tale of haunting regret, bonds that will never be broken, and unrelenting love * Nick Medina, author of Sisters of the Lost Nation * The Berry Pickers is just like a handful of berries ... filled with so much sweet, so much sour, so much juice. Reading this book, I was only ever hungry when it ended * Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez * Peters brilliantly crafts a multi-layered tale of how one irrational act creates irrevocable harm that ripples through multiple lives ... A fluid and emotional read that is both plainly and beautifully rendered ... An amazing read from an amazing new voice * Michelle Good, author of Five Little Indians * A beautiful novel about family and about the way it makes and breaks and remakes us again ... It contains a cast of characters you will never forget. With this book, Amanda Peters establishes herself as an essential new voice * Alexander MacLeod, author of Animal Person * Peters weaves a persistent thread of hope and resilience through her remarkable debut novel * Allison Zhao, Acta Victoriana * Lyrical ... You cannot help but love these characters from the first chapter, they stay with you long after the last page * Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves * Heartbreaking and genuine, this saga of a family dealing with the disappearance of a beloved child will resonate with readers of historical fiction, Indigenous fiction and anyone who enjoys a solidly written story * Winnipeg Free Press * This emotional debut is a beautifully told story of identity, loss, and the power of love * Chatelaine * Offers a deep exploration into the human spirit and the meaning of connection * Sydney Walsh, Atlantic Books * An unputdownable novel of identity, forgiveness, and insistent hope * The Monitor * A profound study of the love, grief and betrayals of two families * inews, The best new books to read in November 2023 *
