Vita eterna

Audiobook.....read by Elizabeth Rogers! The narrator is excellent- and this book is extraordinary. Beautiful writing- totally fascinating. “The only way this will end is if I die”. Rachel Azaria can’t die. We take a two thousand year voyage with Rachel — she gives up her death in order to save her f Leggi tutto

Eternal Life had such a fascinating premise; a young woman named Rachel makes an eternal bond with her baby daddy, Elazar, to save their only son by forfeiting their deaths so their child may live. As a result, Rachel and Elazar can never die. Great idea, right? I was expecting, oh...I don't know.

I wish I were in a book club specifically to talk about this book.

First Read (April 2019): Everything and everyone blew through the world, leaves carried on wind.When you live like we do, everything seems connected to everything else, everything reminds you of something. As this novel gets underway, we're given to understand that there's something unusual ab

I very rarely write reviews on GR anymore, but this book struck me in such a way that it felt strangely familiar yet very new. Maybe because of the Jewish history woven throughout the book, maybe because of the themes of death and rebirth and parenting that seem to be so prevalent in my life lately; Leggi tutto

(UPDATE 3/1): LOOK. YOU JUST NEED TO READ THIS BOOK. I continue to be obsessed with this perfect book. I've already purchased it for three people. I only purchase books for other people if the book IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT IN EVERY WAY. (UPDATE 2/27): Fuller review to come shortly, keeping mid-range re Leggi tutto

Eternal Life, by Dara Horn, Jan. 2018 Horn’s latest novel, Eternal Life, follows Rachel, daughter of Azaria, through more 2,000 years of her many lives. Teenage Rachel and her true love, Elazar make a sacred vow to save the life of their first born son, Yochaman, and in doing so, sacrifice their own Leggi tutto

Rachel Weeping For Her Children Sometimes reading one book leads directly to another. I had just read a book by a 20th century American philosopher, William E. Hocking, exploring issues surrounding the role of death in human experience and in understanding the meaning of life and the possibility of a Leggi tutto

More like 2.5 stars. I read some of this book in February, and read the rest after a long gap, but it's not really why I didn't like the book. My problem is pretty much the same one I have when I read any other book which has a centuries old protagonist, they seem about as old mentally as whatever t Leggi tutto

---- Disclosure: I received this book for free from Goodreads. ---- So, first things first, the cover illustration on the edition I received was just fantastic. It definitely would have made me pause if I'd been out browsing. I'd for sure have stopped and picked it up to see what it was about, so k