What an interesting and really thought-provoking read. If you could know the day of your death, would you want to? If you did know, would it change or impact the way you lived your life? Would that knowledge be a self-fulfilling prophecy? This story poses those questions through the lives of four siblings who the reader follows from early childhood when they all learn the exact day of their death. The author did an amazing job in creating these siblings, each individual and unique, yet strung tightly together through their upbringing. In fact, all the characters were richly formed and beautifully written. But I can't complete this review without mentioning the topic of loss. The book is filled with it, in fact, in parts the feeling of loss was actually palatable as I read. It was deeply moving. And can I mention the cover? In the black matte finish it had small flecks of gold that sparkled when they hit the sunlight. Beautiful.