The narrative expands to include the perspective of the Adlers’ young refugee boarder, Anna, and the handsome non-Jewish lifeguard Stuart. Taking each family member in turn, Beanland writes of this tragic death and tender secret from the point of view of Fannie’s daughter, 7-year-old Gussie Fannie’s husband, Isaac and her parents, Joseph and Esther Adler. Set in Atlantic City in 1934, “Florence Adler Swims Forever” tells the story of a Jewish family struggling to conceal the drowning of a cherished daughter for fear that her pregnant sister, Fannie, will lose her baby. Rachel Beanland captures this age of discretion in her debut novel. Not so long ago, however, there were families who considered secrecy a virtue. We prize vulnerability, living out loud and truth telling even when it hurts - especially if it hurts. FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER By Rachel Beanland
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