Anaïs should have listened to Eden and fled. But when you end up finding true love—the kind that everyone chases from bar to bar, the kind that you dream about when sleeping in a cold bed—it gets hard to give it up for the sake of a gloomy prophesy. Eden slowly becomes a prisoner of his own body, Anaïs the prisoner of this larger-than-life love that she cannot control. What else can you do but take a deep breath and take the plunge?

The worst decisions are sometimes the ones we make for love.

Geneviève Jannelle won over both critics and a wide readership with her remarkable novel Prendre son souffle. Her newest novel, Exploser tout bas, is one of the most anticipated titles of Quebec’s fall literary season. She received the Radio‑Canada Short Story Prize in 2012 and works in advertising, where she is known not only for her ideas but also for her love of language—and for regularly running 10 km on her lunch break.