{"product_id":"and-the-birds-rained-down-9781552452684","title":"And the Birds Rained Down","description":"A CBC CANADA READS 2015 SELECTION  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2013 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FRENCH-TO-ENGLISH TRANSLATION \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTom and Charlie have decided to live out the remainder of their lives on their own terms, hidden away in a remote forest, their only connection to the outside world a couple of pot growers who deliver whatever they can't eke out for themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one summer two women arrive. One is a young photographer documenting a a series of catastrophic forest fires that swept Northern Ontario early in the century; she's on the trail of the recently deceased Ted Boychuck, a survivor of the blaze. And then the elderly aunt of the one of the pot growers appears, fleeing one of the psychiatric institutions that have been her home since she was sixteen. She joins the men in the woods and begins a new life as Marie-Desneige. With the photographer's help, they find Ted's series of paintings about the fire, and begin to decipher the dead man's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA haunting meditation on aging and self-determination, \u003ci\u003eAnd the Birds Rained Down\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in French as \u003ci\u003eIl pleuvait des oiseaux\u003c\/i\u003e, was the winner of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, the first Canadian title to win this honour. It was winner of the Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada, the Prix des coll giens du Qu bec, the Prix Ringuet 2012 and a finalist for the Grand Prix de la ville de Montr al. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Nostalgic and beautifully grotesque, this novel is delightfully baroque and, although short, so striking it will simply never leave you.'\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Coast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJocelyne Saucier\u003c\/b\u003e's novels have received countless prizes, including the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhonda Mullins's\u003c\/b\u003e translation of Saucier's novel \u003ci\u003eJeanne's Road \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for the Governor General's Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452684\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Governor General's Literary Awards - Finalist","brand":"Jocelyne Saucier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659537281180,"sku":"9781552452684","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7e50e175-9451-417e-8114-1bc6d4e1f587.jpg?v=1603895022","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/and-the-birds-rained-down-9781552452684","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}