The 26 rights deals for Milena Busquets’ “This Too Shall Pass” have raised eyebrows, — but looking at the author’s passion and personal history, it makes sense.

“Although Milena Busquets is from Barcelona publishing royalty, it is safe to say she is an unknown outside of Catalunya. But when Gallimard in France and Hogarth Press in the US and Harvill Secker in the UK publish her book, This Too Shall Pass, in the spring, Busquets will be a shoo in for press offices—blonde and ethereal-looking, she is fluent in French and English and has spent her working life in the arenas of publishing and the press.”

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