On the surface, Adam and Marion are the embodiment of success: wealthy, attractive, in love. While holidaying in Martha's Vineyard, Adam surfs into a local young woman, Celia. The accident leaves her injured and financially at risk; for Adam and Marion it opens a fault of loneliness, rage, and desires that have too long been ignored.

Like a modern Virginia Woolf, Fanny Britt abrades the surface layer of our outward personas, delving into the complexity and contradictions of relationships. In this eviscerating critique of privilege, she asks what happens when one can no longer play a role—whether in a couple, family, or social structure—and the resulting friction between pleasure and consequence. (From Book*hug Press)

Fanny Britt is a Montreal-based writer, translator, and playwright. She has won multiple Governor General's Literary Awards including the 2013 Award in Drama for her play Bienveillance. Sugaring Off won the 2021 Governor General's Literary Award for French Language Fiction.

Susan Ouriou is a French and Spanish to English translator, a fiction writer and a playwright. She has previously won the Governor General's Literary Award for translation for her work. Ouriou previously translated The Future by Catherine Leroux, the winner of 2024's Canada Reads.