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The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin - Book Summary - Abbey Beathan
(Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book)
An astonishing novel that portrays the life of 4 adolescents after they find out when they are going to die.
If you knew the exact date of your death, would you do anything different? Or would you walk the same path as before? This novel portrays the story of 4 adolescents who are living that dilemma. The arrival of a mystical woman who...
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"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. The Gold children -- four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness -- sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco. Dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas...
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New York, 1993. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Adler, a street-smart, trash-talking baller, is often the only girl on the public courts. At turns quixotic and cynical, insecure and self-possessed, Lucy is in unrequited love with her best friend and pick-up teammate Percy, scion to a prominent New York family who insists he wishes to resist upper crust fate. As she navigates this complex relationship with all its youthful heartache, Lucy is seduced by a different...
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"Nowy Jork, lato, rok 1969. Do miasta przybywa tajemnicza kobieta, która potrafi przepowiedzieć dzień śmierci każdego człowieka. Plotka dociera do czwórki Rodzeństwa Goldów, które krótkim namyśle, postanawia odwiedzić wieszczkę, by dowiedzieć się, jaka przyszłość czeka każde z nich. Przepowiednie wieszczki kształtują kolejne pięć dekad ich życia. Złoty chłopiec Simon ucieka na Zachodnie Wybrzeże, by szukać miłości w...
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En 1969, en un barrio de Nueva York, se rumora la llegada de una adivina que asegura conocer el día de la muerte de las personas. Los hermanos Gold, a pesar de su corta edad, deciden ir y eschuchar lo que les depara el futuro. Las profecías les narran su próximas cinco décadas. Klara, la soñadora, se convierte en una maga en Las Vegas, siempre obsesionada con la delgada línea que separa la realidad de la fantasía; Daniel, busca seguridad como...
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