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ABOUT FINDING MEANING IN THE AGE OF IMMORTALITY

"Thoroughly thought-provoking, Eyer's innovative novel explores immortality in a way that will live on in the reader's mind for quite some time."
— Liam Callanan, When in Rome

In a strange and troubled near future, a cure for mortality has been discovered, one that comes with a sky-high price tag and requires vast quantities of human blood to manufacture. As society schisms into have and have-nots, mortals and Immortals, two very different families confront the new reality. The Hudsons, once homeless, now swap their blood for food, shelter, and the dream of a better life, while the Davenports turn on each other over an inheritance large enough to secure Immortality for only one of them.    

When scandal brings the Hudsons and Davenports together, they form a fraught and unlikely partnership, grappling with their own fractured family dynamics while facing the ever-present threat of ruin and death. In T.N. Eyer's propulsive, thoughtful debut, meaning and purpose are elusive goals in a world shorn of the usual understandings of empathy and obligation. 

PRAISE FOR FINDING MEANING IN THE AGE OF IMMORTALITY

“In this stunning debut, T. N. Eyer gives us a profound critique of society wrapped in an addictive page-turner of a novel. When a serum is invented that grants immortality to the wealthiest one percent, two families—one privileged, one impoverished—find themselves at opposite ends of the spectrum of production and consumption…This realistically drawn, speculative story unfolds with gripping precision and psychological depth….Eyer reminds us that changing the world is never easy. Yet this novel left me with a greater faith in humanity and instilled hope that redemption might be possible for each of us, if not through immortality, then through human connection, forgiveness, and the search for meaning itself.”
— Jessie Ren Marshall, author of WOMEN! IN! PERIL! 

"T.N. Eyer’s Finding Meaning in the Age of Immortality is a startling debut from an uncompromising new voice. Eyer painstakingly summons a speculative world, and yet the story is an undeniable page-turner. Its world is clearly askew from our own: blood harvested from poor people herded into refugee camps in order to create an immortality serum for the rich? Our own world is flawed, yes, but not so morally repugnant. Therein lives a story that pokes and prods on stubborn questions of normative economics and bioethics. It is urgent and compelling and fraught. The reader becomes so invested, they don’t immediately sense Eyer’s artful sleight-of-hand: the gap between speculation and realism slowly narrows until they nearly converge. It is a remarkable turn, sly and satisfying, navigated by a confident writer in full control of her art. A striking novel to be read and re-read." 
— Brad Felver, author of  The Dogs of Detroit 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

T.N. Eyer graduated from Yale College and Yale Law School. She practiced corporate law in London and in Los Angeles before happily transitioning to writing fiction full time.  Her first novel, Finding Meaning in the Age of Immortality, will be published by Stillhouse Press in November 2023. Her short fiction has appeared in december magazine, Hayden's Ferry Review, and Water~Stone Review, among others.  Her story "Date of Death" was listed as a Distinguished Story in Best American Short Stories 2022. She is an alumna of the Bread Loaf, Community of Writers in Olympic Valley, and Futurescapes writers' workshops.  

T.N. Eyer is an avid reader, hiker, and traveler. She has gone caving in Vietnam, horseback riding in Mongolia, and sand sledding in Namibia, but when she's home she gets most of her exercise playing Dance Dance Revolution in her garage. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and daughter. 

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