And Miles to Go Before I Sleep

By: Jocelyne Saucier, Rhonda Mullins

Narrated by: J. Sean Elliott

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

After And the Birds Rained Down, a stunning meditation on aging and freedom, Jocelyne Saucier is back with her unique outlook on self-determination in 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 50years, 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 eager to uncover the truth of Gladys’s voyage, tracking down fellow passengers and train employees for years to learn what happened to Gladys and her daughter, and why.

©2021 Jocelyne Saucier, Rhonda Mullins (P)2021 Coach House Books

Critic reviews

“With And Miles To Go Before I Sleep, Jocelyne Saucier has added a hefty brick to the literary edifice she has built over time, a profound, touching work, filled with ordinary characters living extraordinary lives, who, far from the limelight, are on stirring quests for the absolute.” (Michaël Pelletier-Lalonde, L’indice bohémien)