This Too Shall Pass

A beautiful novel about life, death, love and sex. This Too Shall Pass is a funny, sexy, fiercely clever novel that takes us into the heart of what it means to love and how we must try to find a way to live even when we are brought low by grief.

Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Pool

Like a day at the beach - a European beach, with cigarettes and espresso - this novel lingers in the mind well after it is over, reminding us of the intimacy between pleasure and loss

New York Times Book Review

Unforgettable

Marie Claire

Funny, philosphical and a delight to read.

Stylist

Spanish literature has found its phenomenon

Le Figaro Littéraire (France)

Full of subtle wisdom

Carmen Posadas, Harper's Bazaar

[A] summery, sexy, cool debut novel…light, profound, sensual, unmistakably European: this may be the only book about grief to feel like a vacation.

Kirkus Review, *Starred*

Busquets has a compelling, original voice. [She] is a brilliant showstopper – just as you're laughing at Blanca's breezy sarcasm, her expletive-infested brio, she catches your throat with a thought so disarmingly sad it turns the room grey. The worst thing about the death of a mother, she says, is not that you won't ever see her face again but you will never again be seen through her eyes. Therein lies the true loneliness of losing a parent!

Big Issue

Funny, raw, honest.

Psychologies