Prophecy and prediction shape new novel about family
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If you knew the day you were going to die, how would that change the way you live? That's the premise of Chloe Benjamin's new novel, "The Immortalists." At the center of the book: a fortune-teller whose prophecy shapes the lives of four siblings.
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