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Florence Adler swims forever: Rachel Beanland.

Florence Adler swims forever: Rachel Beanland.
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ISBN 9781398501355
Shelf Location F/BEA
Author Beanland, Rachel
Title Florence Adler swims forever / Rachel Beanland.
Publication Details London:
2021 Simon & Schuster,
©2020
Collation 309 pages : 24 cm. ;
Abstract/Summary 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. Based on a true story, Beanland's family saga is a breathtaking portrait of just how far we will go to in order to protect our loved ones and an uplifting portrayal of how the human spirit can endure-and even thrive-after tragedy.
Subject Sagas -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
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