{"product_id":"and-the-birds-rained-down-paperback","title":"And the Birds Rained Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJocelyne Saucier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn award-winning and haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA CBC Canada Reads 2015 Selection  Finalist for the 2013 Governor General's Literary Award for French-to-English Translation Deep in a Northern Ontario forest live Tom and Charlie, two octogenarians determined to live out the rest of their lives on their own terms: free of all ties and responsibilities, their only connection to civilization two pot farmers who bring them whatever they can't eke out for themselves. But their solitude is disrupted by the arrival of two women. The first is a photographer searching for survivors of a series of catastrophic fires nearly a century earlier; the second is an elderly escapee from a psychiatric institution. The little hideaway in the woods will never be the same. Originally published in French, \u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down\u003c\/i\u003e, the recipient of several prestigious prizes, including the Prix de Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, is a haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Nostalgic and beautifully grotesque, this novel is delightfully baroque and, although short, so striking it will simply never leave you.' \u003ci\u003e--The Coast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJocelyne Saucier: Jocelyne Saucier was born in New Brunswick, Canada. She is the author of several novels and the recipient of many prizes, including, for \u003ci\u003eIl pleuvait des oiseaux\u003c\/i\u003e, the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie and the Grand Prix de la ville de Montreal.\u003cbr\u003eRhonda Mullins: Rhonda Mullins was a finalist for the 2007 Governor General's Literary Award for Translation for \u003ci\u003eThe Decline of the Hollywood Empire\u003c\/i\u003e by Hervé Fischer. She has also translated Jocelyne Saucier's \u003ci\u003eJeanne sur les routes\u003c\/i\u003e into \u003ci\u003eJeanne's Road\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Governor General's Literary Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771653095712,"sku":"9781552452684","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bec3ccea49677fe9c5b54032313f0c36.webp?v=1780390366","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/and-the-birds-rained-down-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}