
Florence Adler Swims Forever
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Rachel Beanland
“The perfect summer read” (USA Today) begins with a shocking tragedy that results in three generations of the Adler family grappling with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets across the course of one summer.
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
One of USA Today’s “Best Books of 2020”
One of Good Morning America’s “25 Novels You'll Want to Read This Summer”
One of Parade’s “26 Best Books to Read This Summer”
Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to “America’s Playground” and move into the small apartment above their bakery. Despite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and it always feels like home.
Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy. After Joseph insists they take in a mysterious young woman whom he recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany, the apartment is bursting at the seams.
Esther only wants to keep her daughters close and safe, but some matters are beyond her control: there’s Fannie’s risky pregnancy - not to mention her always-scheming husband, Isaac - and the fact that the handsome heir of a hotel notorious for its anti-Semitic policies seems to be in love with Florence.
When tragedy strikes, Esther makes the shocking decision to hide the truth - at least until Fannie’s baby is born - and pulls the family into an elaborate web of secret-keeping and lies, bringing long-buried tensions to the surface that reveal how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal.
“Readers of Emma Straub and Curtis Sittenfeld will devour this richly drawn debut family saga” (Library Journal) that’s based on a true story and is a breathtaking portrayal of how the human spirit can endure - and even thrive - after tragedy.
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Great story
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Uh This Atmosphere
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Loved It
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Loved It
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Great story, a little predictable., but overall excellently written.
very good
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Good
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Swim on Florence
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I enjoyed the story, the characters were engaging, the Jewish angle, very “Mrs. Maisel-ish”, but the author never finished the book. There’s an author’s note at the end saying that Florence was based on her relative, but that’s it. Can’t get into any real detail without adding spoilers. Had I known the main plot would never be dealt with, I never would have wasted a credit on this. Too bad, it had great potential.
Lazy ending
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Based on a real person
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Maybe that is why this story took off and captured me. The characters became alive through believable narration and good verbal illustration. The story was not a typical formula but creative and unpredictable for the most part.
It has been one of the best stories I've read in along time
I will be on the lookout for more stories by Rachel Beanland.
Captivating
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