Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

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.Įsther 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. 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. Despite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and it always feels like home. 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. *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”Ītlantic City, 1934. “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 over the course of one summer.

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland