The Immortalists

The Immortalists

• The Immortalists Paperback – February 5, 2019

<b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <br><i>The Washington Post</i>, NPR, <i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, <i>Real Simple</i>, <i>Marie Claire</i>, New York Public Library, LibraryReads, The Skimm, Lit Hub, Lit Reactor <br><br>AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER <br><br>"A captivating family saga."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>"This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt."--<i>People </i>Magazine (Book of the Week)</b><br><br><i>If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life?</i><br><br>It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes.<br><br>The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel struggles to maintain security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research, where she tests the boundary between science and immortality.<br><br>Both a dazzling family love story and a sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depth, <i>The Immortalists </i>probes the line between destiny and choice, reality and illusion, this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story, the nature of belief, and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.