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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep

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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier explores the story of Gladys, an elderly woman determined to live life on her terms, who flees to the wilderness to escape being confined to a nursing home. Her journey intertwines with fragile yet uplifting encounters as she carves out a unique existence surrounded by nature and newfound friends in a small village. This poignant tale delves into themes of freedom, autonomy, and human connection.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate narratives brimming with emotional depth and introspection. Set against the hauntingly beautiful backdrop of the Canadian wilderness, it explores themes of solitude, resilience, and the ties that bind us to both the land and one another. Fans of evocative and richly detailed storytelling will likely be drawn into its carefully crafted world.

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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep

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Away From Her meets Strangers on a Train in this follow-up to the cult bestseller And the Birds Rained Down.

"A journey as geographical as it is interior... a bumpy route, but one punctuated by contemplative pleasures, by small, lost joys... Simultaneously introspective and captivating, And Miles to Go Before I Sleep reconnects us to what is essential." - Les Libraires

"Nostalgic and beautifully grotesque, this novel is delightfully baroque and, although short, so striking it simply will never leave you." - The Coast on And the Birds Rained Down

"Cleaving closely to the award-winning Jocelyne Saucier novel on which it's based, this eco-friendly, elegantly delivered tale about the sunset changes in the lives of a trio of graybeards living in the woods is engaging, thought-provoking and ultimately moving." - The Hollywood Reporter on the film adaptation of And the Birds Rained Down

After And The Birds Rained Down, a stunning meditation on aging and freedom (with more than 3,000 Goodreads ratings), Jocelyne Saucier is back with this unsettling story about a woman's disappearance.

Gladys might look old and frail, but she is determined to finish her life on her own terms. And so, one September morning, she leaves Swastika, her home of the past fifty years, and hops on the Northlander train, eager to put thousands of miles of northern Quebec between her and the improbably named village, and leaving behind her perennially tormented daughter, Lisana.

Our mysterious narrator, who is documenting these disappearing northern trains, is on a quest to uncover the truth of Gladys's voyage, tracking down fellow passengers and train employees to learn what happened to Gladys and her daughter, and why.

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And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier is praised for its profound and touching narrative, presenting ordinary characters on extraordinary journeys. MichaΓ«l Pelletier-Lalonde highlights the book as a substantial addition to Saucier's literary work, where the characters' quests for the absolute are depicted away from the public eye.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781552454213

Publisher: Coach House Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 July 2021

Country: Canada

Imprint: Coach House Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Translated by Rhonda Mullins

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Jocelyne Saucier was born in New Brunswick and lives in Abitibi, QuΓ©bec. Two of her previous novels, La vie comme une image (House of Sighs) and Jeanne sur les routes (Jeanne’s Road) were finalists for the Governor General’s Award. Il pleuvait des oiseaux (And the Birds Rained Down) garnered her the Prix des Cinq continents de la Francophonie, making her the first Canadian to win the award. The book was a CBC Canada Reads Selection in 2015. Rhonda Mullins is a writer and translator. She received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for Twenty-One Cardinals, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Les hΓ©ritiers de la mine. And the Birds Rained Down, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier’s Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was a CBC Canada Reads Selection. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award, as were her translations of Γ‰lise Turcotte’s Guyana and HervΓ© Fischer’s The Decline of the Hollywood Empire. Rhonda currently lives in MontrΓ©al.

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