Set in the 1960s

The Berry Pickers

Set in Maine, Set in the 1960s | | Leave a Comment

This 2023 award-winning debut novel by Amanda Peters is an introspective examination of grief, family bonds, and the long-lasting trauma of Indigenous separation. The narrative spans nearly fifty years, following the aftermath of a devastating kidnapping that shatters a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia. In July 1962, a Mi’kmaq family travels from Nova Scotia to Maine, […]

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The Hotel New Hampshire

Set in New Hampshire, Set in the 1950s, Set in the 1960s | | Leave a Comment

John Irving’s The Hotel New Hampshire, published in 1981, is a sprawling, darkly comedic, and eccentric family saga that explores the resilience of love, the necessity of illusions, and the chaotic nature of fate. Narrated by John Berry, the novel follows the unorthodox lives of the Berry family, led by their optimistic yet delusional father,

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