An audacious novel set in near-future America; from the critically acclaimed author of SPACEMAN OF BOHEMIA. When Adéla discovers she has a terminal illness; her thoughts turn to Tereza; the child she gave up at birth. Leaving behind her family in their native Czech village; Adéla flies to the United States to find her long-lost daughter before it is too late. Raised in America and living in a fractured New York City; Tereza is working for two suspicious biotech moguls hellbent on immortality. But before Tereza can imagine a cure for Adéla; her mother dies and her body disappears. Narrated by Adéla's restless spirit; the novel blends an immigrant mother's heart-breaking journey through Reagan's American dream with her children's quest to reclaim her in the near future. By turns insightful; poignant and satirical; A Brief History of Living Forever deftly navigates grief and hope in a high-wire act of storytelling.