Author Michelle Mulder will be launching her new book After Peaches this coming Saturday, October 31st, at Once Upon a Huckleberry Bush, 4387 Main Street, Vancouver, BC.

“Silence is not always golden”. Ten-year-old Rosario Ramirez and her family are political refugees from Mexico, trying to make a new life in Canada. After being teased at school, Rosario vows not to speak English again until she can speak with an accent that’s one hundred percent Canadian. Since she and her parents plan to spend the whole summer working on BC fruit farms, she will be surrounded by Spanish speakers again. But when her family’s closest friend Jose gets terribly sick, Rosario’s plans start to unravel. Neither Jose nor Rosario’s parents speak English well enough to get him the help he needs. Like it or not, Rosario must face her fears about letting her voice be heard.

Michelle says that this launch will be particularly special as it will be her first time meeting Erika del Carmen Fuchs from Justicia for Migrant Workers. Erika played a critical role in Michelle’s research for After Peaches. She answered Michelle’s many questions about migrant workers, read the manuscript twice and offered to help promote the launch. Michelle says “I’m both touched and grateful and really look forward to meeting her.” It promises to be an extra special book launch.