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Why is a female photographer heading to a mysterious forest? Who was Ted Boychuk? How did he manage to survive a terrible disaster? The photographer never found out, because Boychuk died just before she arrived at a small hamlet in the middle of the thicket. The two elderly villagers, Tom and Charlie, do not know that the arrival of the photographer will completely change their lives. Just like the appearance of another old lady... It Rained Like Birds (2011) is not only a large-scale historical drama, but also a lyrical story about little people who have escaped from the noisy world to the virgin forest. Jocelyn Saucier's extremely touching novel was awarded the Prix des Pins de la Francophonie (2011), the Colleges Literary Prize, the Renge Prize of the Literary Association of France, and the Prix de la Fondation. The Renge Prize of the Quebec Academy of Literature, the France-Québec and Radio Canada Readers' Prizes, and the Montreal Book Salon Readers' Prize (2012). The novel has been translated into German, Swedish, English and Dutch.