<DIV><p>"With <I>Il pleuvait des oiseaux</I>, the author has excelled. Brilliant! And what humanity! Jocelyne Saucier is a magician of the soul."?<I>Le Devoir</I></p><p>Tom and Charlie are living out what's left of their lives on their own terms in a remote forest, two pot growers their only connection to the outside world. But then two women arrive?a photographer on the trail of survivors of a decades-ago forest fire and an elderly escapee from a psychiatric institution?and everything changes. Originally published in French, <I>And the Birds Rained Down</I>, the recipient of several prizes, is a haunting meditation on aging and self-determination.</p><p><B>Jocelyne Saucier</B>'s novels have received countless prizes, including the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie.</p><p><B>Rhonda Mullins's</B> translation of Saucier's novel <I>Jeanne's Road </I>was nominated for the Governor General's Award.</p><BR></DIV>