Eternal Life

A Novel

By: Dara Horn

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Paperback | 26 February 2019 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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2.1 x 1.38 x 0.15

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What would it really mean to live forever?

Rachel is a woman with a problem: she canât die. Her recent troublesâ"widowhood, a failing business, an unemployed middle-aged sonâ"are only the latest in a litany spanning dozens of countries, scores of marriages, and hundreds of children. In the 2,000 years since she made a spiritual bargain to save the life of her first son back in Roman-occupied Jerusalem, sheâs tried everything to free herself, and only one other person in the world understands: a man she once loved passionately, who has been stalking her through the centuries, convinced they belong together forever.

But as the twenty-first century begins and her children and grandchildrenâ"consumed with immortality in their own ways, from the frontiers of digital currency to genetic engineeringâ"develop new technologies that could change her fate and theirs, Rachel knows she must find a way out.

Gripping, hilarious, and profoundly moving, Eternal Life celebrates the bonds between generations, the power of faith, the purpose of death, and the reasons for being alive.

Industry Reviews

"The question at the heart of this wise and appealing novel is finally not how Rachel finds meaning in her eternal life. It is how we, despite our portions of sorrow, tedium and disaster, persist in finding meaning in ours." -- The New York Times Book Review
"...simmers with Horn's signature blend of tragedy and spirituality." -- The Washington Post
"Rachel speaks with the wisdom of the ancients when she observes that immortality offers no consolation for the death of others. 'Not dying doesn't make it better,' she says of all that sorrow. 'It only makes it take longer.'" -- Sam Sachs - The Wall Street Journal
"A mature, wry, uniquely female take on the problem of immortality." -- Chelsea Leu - The Los Angeles Review of Books
"This quirky novel examines the predicament of never being able to die." -- The Daily Mail

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