The Immortalists

It's 1969 and the Gold children are living in the stifling Lower East Side of New York. When they learn that a traveling psychic is in town they sneak out to learn their fate. Now, armed with the mystic's knowledge of the day each will die, Varya, Daniel, Klara, and Simon set out to shape their lives into what they will become.

The Immortalists delves into the connection between family members and seeks to answer the question of how you would live life if you were aware of the unknowable.

I found the birth of Ruby interesting because she hadn't been born when the other Gold children visited the psychic. I wanted to pay special attention to how the way she attempted to plan her life differed from her siblings, who had information about their ultimate fate. Some of which approached life with caution and others who threw caution to the wind.

The Immortalists is a wonderful book of what-ifs intertwined with family drama.

An interesting book for the curious and adventurous at heart.