The Immortalists

<b>A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>Washington Post •</i> NPR<b><i> •</i> </b><i>Entertainment Weekly<b><i> •</i> </b></i><b><i>Real Simple<b><i> •</i> </b></i></b><i>Marie Claire<b><i> •</i> </b></i>New York Public Library<b><i> •</i> </b>LibraryReads<b><i> •</i> </b>The Skimm<b><i> •</i> </b>Lit Hub<b><i> •</i> </b>Lit Reactor <br><br><b>AN INSTANT <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b><br><br>“A captivating family saga.”—<i>The New York Times Book Review<br></i><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 seeks 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>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.