In this extraordinary sequel to France Daigle's novel Just Fine, winner of the Governor General's Award for translation, the same set of characters explore their newly acquired freedom from the insular, predictable cadences of life in Acadia. As the settings change from Baltimore to Israel, San Francisco to Denmark, and Moncton to Paris, new characters emerge: Claudia, a young and independent girl who agrees to post a curious letter for a stranger in an airport; the Woman Who Smokes Only in Public and loves a man who throws out his handkerchiefs on Thursdays; the Man Who Didn't Seem to Be Reading and can't decide where to settle down; and a rabbi or pope who shares his wisdom and unique spirituality with his fellow air travellers. A rich, sweeping, and delicate exploration of how to create and then employ freedom, this work secures France Daigle's place as the literary heir of Antonine Maillet and one of Canada's most intriguing writers. A Fine Passage was originally published in French in 2001 by Les editions du Boreal, under the title Un Fin Passage.