Lit in Translation

Sugaring Off

Faire les sucres

Fanny Britt (born 1977)

Translated by Susan Ouriou

English editions

In English

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Money cannot buy happiness, they say, but it does offer the chance to stop and think about oneself. Adam and Marion, a couple crowned with success, move through the prosperous Montreal of foodies and entertainment artists. As their marriage slowly comes apart, their lives become entwined with that of Celia, who understood something about the world before they did. Told in several voices, the story visits a salted-candy factory on Martha's Vineyard, sits in on the rehearsals of an English-language choir and listens to the sap rising in the trees of a sugar bush near Oka, asking how our privileges bind us to the people we love and to those we exploit.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
257 pages in the original
Genres
Love, Family (assigned by AI)
Set in
Canada, United States
First published
2020 by Le Cheval d’août
Author's age
43 when first published
ISBN

9782924491478 (original)

9781771669085 (Book*hug Press, Canada)