A review by shirleytupperfreeman
Eternal Life by Dara Horn

Dara Horn spins a good story while also providing thoughtful commentary on matters of life and death - or eternal life and no death, in this case. The story begins over 2000 years ago. In order to save their young son, Yochanan ben Zakkai (a real person in Jewish history), Rachel, and her young lover Elazar, make a promise that results in each of them being unable to die. They have lived, mostly apart, for centuries. Each time they 'leave' a life (fire is usually involved), they begin again as young adults. Both have watched generations of their children die and this has become unbearable to Rachel. Her granddaughter, in this century, is a scientist working on gene editing and Rachel begs her to help her finally be able to die. The rest, as they say, is history.