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And The Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier

And The Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier.jpg A beautiful and moving story about ageing on your own terms. The novel is set in Northern Ontario where 3 elderly men can hide in the remoteness. But two women join the hideaway and life for all changes. The ending is wistful and transcendent. This was the second funner-up in Canada Reads 2015 (with Martha Wainwright as the proponent), a very well-deserved recognition of exceptional writing.

Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood

This book is subtitled “wicked tales” and these 9 stories absolutely are wickedly entertaining. The first three stories are particularly good as they are linked by common characters. An attractive feature of this collection is that Atwood writes about mature older characters.