The prophecies inform their next five decades. The Gold children-four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness-sneak out to hear their fortunes. 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. If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? “This literary family saga is perfect for fans of Celeste Ng and Donna Tartt.”- People Magazine (Book of the Week) “A captivating family saga.”- The New York Times Book Review Jessamyn Duckwall, Waucoma Bookstore, Hood River, ORĪ BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post The Immortalists is at once a page-turning, character-driven narrative and a fascinating rumination on fate versus free will.” “How would you live your life if you knew what day you’d die? This compelling novel explores this question through the interweaving lives of four siblings who, as children, are told their death dates by a fortune-teller. Erika VanDam, RoscoeBooks, Chicago, IL Summer 2019 Reading Group Indie Next List I LOVED The Immortalists, and if there's any justice in bookselling, this book will find the massive audience it so deserves.” Apart from raising the obvious question (would you want to know the date of your death?), Benjamin brilliantly explores how family members can be both close to and distant from one another, and ponders the point at which our actions cease to matter and fate steps in. We follow the Gold siblings both separately and together over the next four decades and see how these revelations affect their choices, their behavior, and their relationships with one another. “In 1969, four siblings visit a fortune teller, who tells each child the date of their death.

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