The Immortalists

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post ΓÇó NPR ΓÇó Entertainment Weekly ΓÇó Real Simple ΓÇó Marie Claire ΓÇó New York Public Library ΓÇó LibraryReads ΓÇó The Skimm ΓÇó Lit Hub ΓÇó Lit Reactor AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇ£A captivating family saga.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe New York Times Book Review ΓÇ£This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPeople Magazine (Book of the Week) If you knew the date of your death,how would you live your life? It’s 1969 in New York City’s Lower East Sideand word has spread of the arrival of a mystical womana traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold childrenΓÇöfour adolescents on the cusp of self-awarenessΓÇösneak out to hear their fortunes. The prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coastsearching for love in ’80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magicianobsessed with blurring reality and fantasy; eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11; and bookish Varya throws herself into longevity researchwhere she tests the boundary between science and immortality. A sweeping novel of remarkable ambition and depthThe Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choicereality and illusionthis world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of storythe nature of beliefand the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.