Do you believe in the prophesies of fortune tellers, palm readers and psychics? What if an intimate prognostication revealed the exact date of your death? Would this mortal revelation change how you lived your life? In Chloe Benjamin’s novel The Immortalists, a secret visit to a traveling psychic—and the fateful prophecies she proclaims—heavily influence the lives of four siblings over the course of five decades, spanning events from the AIDS epidemic to 9/11. Benjamin’s award-winning sophomore release follows the intimate lives of the Gold children, beginning with that fateful meeting with a mystical seer in 1969 that reveals their ultimate destinies. The Immortalists is a sweeping, magical narrative that deftly tackles the realities and illusions of this world and the next by introducing readers to four salient characters that you’ll care about and who will make you think.
Published in January of 2018, The Immortalists became an instant New York Times bestseller. This beautifully told family saga has topped numerous literary “best of” lists including InStyle’s “10 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018” and “Good Morning America’s” “Best Books to Bring to the Beach this Summer.” Benjamin was born in California but completed her MFA in fiction at UW-Madison and continues to reside in Wisconsin. She is also the author of The Anatomy of Dreams, which was long-listed for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Benjamin will visit Books & Company in Oconomowoc at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16.
