New Deal: BREAKING THE CURSE by Alex DiFrancesco
Jan 23, 2023
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Author of TRANSMUTATION and ALL CITY Alex DiFrancesco's BREAKING THE CURSE, a memoir, has sold to Dan Simon at Seven Stories by The Rights Factory Agent, Natalie Kimber.
This memoir of Alex DiFrancesco’s life follows the events of their first memoir PSYCHOPOMPS and focuses on their use of Italian witchcraft to heal trauma.
"The NY Times Book Review has said 'DiFrancesco is not afraid to err on the side of sentimentality...' and this is true, but I believe they aren't afraid to go anywhere with their work,” says The Rights Factory agent Natalie Kimber. “Through their books, Alex shares with readers the power to write through pain and manifest healing, and that is a tremendous thing."
BREAKING THE CURSE is set for publication in 2024.
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