In fact, it has the kind of marketing juggernaut behind it that you'd expect for a six-figure debut, though this is actually Chloe Benjamin's second novel her first, The Anatomy of Dreams (2014), won the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was longlisted for the Flaherty–Dunnan First Novel Prize.
There's been a lot of advance buzz about this novel, mostly drifting over from America. In the decades that follow, they have to decide what to do with this advance knowledge: will it spur them to live courageous lives, or drive them to desperation? This compelling family story lives up to the hype. Summary: Summer 1969: four young siblings escape a sweltering New York City morning by visiting a fortune teller who can tell you the day you'll die.
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