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The Immortalists
- Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes.
We then follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and, in particular, how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day.
This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make: is it better to live a long and cautious life or to burn brightly, but for the shortest time?
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- N. J. Keely
- 10-02-18
Lovely listen
I really enjoyed this book. I loved all the characters and enjoyed their stories , hoped & wished for different outcomes. I’d love to read / listen more from Chloe Benjamin.
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- H Jones
- 21-03-18
Loved it ! Best thing I have read in ages
Such an interesting and thought provoking story ! So original and unexpected . It’s simply a brilliant treat
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-02-19
Good read
Recommend this book. Really enjoyed ready each section of the different characters. Planned out well.
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- scaddy404
- 23-06-18
Sweeping family tale with an interesting hook
I found the concept of this story brilliant. The weaving of all the different family members separately and then together or in different relationship strands was excellent. It was touching and fast paced although I found the last few chapters a little over-indulged. Overall really good and would recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-02-19
Glimpses of a great listen..
The first 2 stories were of a good pace but the next 2 seemed to lack colour. Overall, I enjoyed this book but would have also liked a better ending.
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- Joe
- 16-09-18
A Beautifully crafted novel
Intelligent and thought-provoking novel. Beautiful descriptions of characters and their complex relationships with themselves and with their destinies.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-09-18
some parts were better than others
I enjoyed some parts of the novel more than others. Some excellent characterisation and some lovely story telling.
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- Kathystorer
- 21-01-18
Such an usual story full of love, life and sadness
I found this story intriguing so when it got going i found that the story was in sections and finished in day's. it's an enjoyable listen and I look forward to others from this author. would recommend although can be upsetting in places.
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- Louise
- 18-04-19
absolutely fantastic
I'd highly recommend this book. it was an unusual story involving 4 children being told the day they will die.
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- Happy and Smiling
- 15-07-18
Good concept, but should have been better executed
The last two stories were just plain depressing. The first two stories were interesting. It all became too mundane and sad, and the last story really disturbed me as it's about cruel testing on primates, which is no doubt absolutely accurate. So much more could have been done with this great idea of a storyline to make this book shine. Though it was very well written, I did not enjoy the book, and it left me with just sadness about 4 lives wasted.
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