The Birthing Tree: A Novel | Amanda Peters Magic Cat and the local sheriff’s barely

and the local sheriff’s barely concealed prejudices are ready to boil to the surface

where he applies his gifts as a critic and background as a historian to penetrate the meaning of it all

even in nontraditional ways

But when her college ex and first love

The Birthing Tree: A Novel | Amanda Peters Magic Cat and the local sheriff’s barelyFrom the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers, an unforgettable novel of family, legacy, and the secrets that bind and endanger us, following one woman as she confronts buried truths, memories of passionate young love, and the fragile future she alone must protect Born under the shadow of a birthing tree sacred to generations of Mikmaq women, Aliet Paul grows up outside a small Nova Scotia town with her fierce, loving grandmother Kiju. Her mother