{"product_id":"sugaring-off-9781771669085","title":"Sugaring Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Literary Award for French-Language Fiction, \u003ci\u003eSugaring Off \u003c\/i\u003eprobes intimacy, denial, and how we are tied to others--whether those we love or those we exploit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike a modern Virginia Woolf, 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 exposes the resulting friction between pleasure and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUSAN OURIOU\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning literary translator (French and Spanish to English) and fiction writer. She has been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation on seven occasions, winning for her translation of \u003ci\u003ePieces of Me\u003c\/i\u003e by Charlotte Gingras. She also translated Catherine Leroux's \u003ci\u003eThe Future\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of 2024 CBC Canada Reads. Ouriou is also the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eDamselfish\u003c\/i\u003e, and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNathan, \u003c\/i\u003eand the editor of two anthologies, the trilingual \u003ci\u003eBeyond Words: Translating the World \u003c\/i\u003eand the bilingual \u003ci\u003eLanguages of Our Land: Indigenous Poems and Stories from Quebec.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Calgary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFANNY BRITT\u003c\/b\u003e is a playwright, writer, and translator. She is the winner of multiple Governor General's Literary Awards, a Libris Award, a Joe Shuster Award, and was nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature. \u003ci\u003eFaires les sucres \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Governor General's Literary Award for French-language Fiction in 2021. Britt has written a dozen plays and translated more than fifteen works by many American, Canadian, British, and Irish playwrights. Born in Northern Quebec, Britt lives in Montreal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Book*hug Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919451722002,"sku":"9781771669085","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea9ff1bc-cc4e-4294-b963-8c85bc7f8b1c.jpg?v=1738894755","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sugaring-off-9781771669085","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}