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# Florence Adler Swims Forever: A Novel

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Review: Who is Florence? - I got a lot of enjoyment from this book. I've been having trouble getting into a good book since the pandemic started and Florence Adler Swims Forever turned that all around. The story is told in several voices and I tend to like that structure in a novel. There is Florence, the golden Wellesley girl who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She is set to swim the English Channel with the help of her WASP boyfriend who is also her coach. Unfortunately she drowns at the very beginning of the novel. From here, the novel is told from the vantage point of those close to Florence - her mother and father, her sister, her boyfriend, her grandparents, a summer visitor, and her niece. Everyone knows a different Florence and we, the readers, put her together after he death with out own vision and our own sculpting. In a sense, Florence is our creation and this novel creatively points out that all of what we see and know is manipulated and created through our personal and unique vision. I saw a woman who was strong, smart and sassy, ahead of her time just prior to WWII. Though Jewish and a part of the Jewish community, she has already been exposed to a more worldly living style. Wellesley is an all female school and was known for having quotas on Jewish students for many years. Florence must have exceeded all expectations to get into that school. Additionally, there is the hint, just a brief shadowing of the possibility that Florence might be gay. This is only whispered at because at that time, almost everyone was closeted. The narrative is welcoming, easy to access and a delight to read.
Review: Dazzling Debut - Sometimes-if you are lucky-a book sneaks into the room like a cherished friend, taps you on the shoulder, and wraps its arms around your heart as you cry tears of happiness and of sadness; the hug lingers and no one is eager to let go. That book for me was Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland. Set in the 1930's, the title centers on confident and spirited Florence Adler who has been training to swim the English Channel, inspired by Trudy Ederle's recent successful efforts. She has come home from Wellesley for the summer, eager to finalize training when the unthinkable happens: Florence drowns off the beach in Atlantic City, reasons unknown, on a routine sunny afternoon as her family bears witness to the horror. The tragedy profoundly affects those closest to her: her parents, Joseph and Esther, as they must accept the unimaginable and mourn within their Jewish faith, her dazed brother-in-law, Isaac, who questions his life path, her swim coach Stuart who was in love with Florence, their summer guest Anna who struggles to find her footing in the disruption of the household, and her 7 year old niece Gussie who can't comprehend that her beloved aunt is truly gone. However before they can entertain their tidal wave of grief, Esther realizes that they must at all costs keep Florence's death from her sister, Fannie. Fannie is currently hospitalized as a precaution until she delivers her baby. She recently delivered a son who failed to live and became crippled by the subsequent depression. Her family realizes that the truth must be kept from Fannie to avoid any further tragedy. How can they possibly contain the news and pull off this elaborate ruse? Very, very carefully. Joseph and Esther realize that for the love of their children, there is nothing that they wouldn't do to spare them pain and secure their happiness. For everyone who loved Florence, their grief must become the most carefully guarded secret of their lives. The novel explores larger themes of discrimination and prejudice, but the beating heart of this novel is the strength of family, the non-linear path of grief, and the transformative power of love. Don't miss this dazzling debut!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #151,415 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #181 in Jewish Literature & Fiction #247 in Historical World War II & Holocaust Fiction #392 in World War II Historical Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 3,559 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Who is Florence?
*by B***Y on February 20, 2021*

I got a lot of enjoyment from this book. I've been having trouble getting into a good book since the pandemic started and Florence Adler Swims Forever turned that all around. The story is told in several voices and I tend to like that structure in a novel. There is Florence, the golden Wellesley girl who lives in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She is set to swim the English Channel with the help of her WASP boyfriend who is also her coach. Unfortunately she drowns at the very beginning of the novel. From here, the novel is told from the vantage point of those close to Florence - her mother and father, her sister, her boyfriend, her grandparents, a summer visitor, and her niece. Everyone knows a different Florence and we, the readers, put her together after he death with out own vision and our own sculpting. In a sense, Florence is our creation and this novel creatively points out that all of what we see and know is manipulated and created through our personal and unique vision. I saw a woman who was strong, smart and sassy, ahead of her time just prior to WWII. Though Jewish and a part of the Jewish community, she has already been exposed to a more worldly living style. Wellesley is an all female school and was known for having quotas on Jewish students for many years. Florence must have exceeded all expectations to get into that school. Additionally, there is the hint, just a brief shadowing of the possibility that Florence might be gay. This is only whispered at because at that time, almost everyone was closeted. The narrative is welcoming, easy to access and a delight to read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dazzling Debut
*by S***W on October 12, 2020*

Sometimes-if you are lucky-a book sneaks into the room like a cherished friend, taps you on the shoulder, and wraps its arms around your heart as you cry tears of happiness and of sadness; the hug lingers and no one is eager to let go. That book for me was Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland. Set in the 1930's, the title centers on confident and spirited Florence Adler who has been training to swim the English Channel, inspired by Trudy Ederle's recent successful efforts. She has come home from Wellesley for the summer, eager to finalize training when the unthinkable happens: Florence drowns off the beach in Atlantic City, reasons unknown, on a routine sunny afternoon as her family bears witness to the horror. The tragedy profoundly affects those closest to her: her parents, Joseph and Esther, as they must accept the unimaginable and mourn within their Jewish faith, her dazed brother-in-law, Isaac, who questions his life path, her swim coach Stuart who was in love with Florence, their summer guest Anna who struggles to find her footing in the disruption of the household, and her 7 year old niece Gussie who can't comprehend that her beloved aunt is truly gone. However before they can entertain their tidal wave of grief, Esther realizes that they must at all costs keep Florence's death from her sister, Fannie. Fannie is currently hospitalized as a precaution until she delivers her baby. She recently delivered a son who failed to live and became crippled by the subsequent depression. Her family realizes that the truth must be kept from Fannie to avoid any further tragedy. How can they possibly contain the news and pull off this elaborate ruse? Very, very carefully. Joseph and Esther realize that for the love of their children, there is nothing that they wouldn't do to spare them pain and secure their happiness. For everyone who loved Florence, their grief must become the most carefully guarded secret of their lives. The novel explores larger themes of discrimination and prejudice, but the beating heart of this novel is the strength of family, the non-linear path of grief, and the transformative power of love. Don't miss this dazzling debut!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrific Read
*by C***S on October 17, 2020*

I spent 30 years of my life in Atlantic City. This book captures the 30's in Atlantic City that my grandparents described when the hotels were being built on the ATLANTIC ocean, jews moved into the inlet end of the island, into a tight community of conservative Judaism, familiar origins, family secrets, and fears buffeted by new individual prosperity. The writer is gifted in telling a story from the initial scene where the main character dies and then plotting backward to what that death did to the family, in a world the early Nazis where Jews fled and emigrated to cities like Atlantic City, finding anti-Semitism in what they thought would be their river of Jordan. It is the tale of a family who must hide the death from a family member through most of the book, twisting the family already battered by an inconceivable death. . The charters are drawn so well- the family ties that keep them together and support facing barriers to love from religion and a hint of lesbianism -. It is seeing the slow change in society in pre-world war 2 America, on a barrier island where the ocean itself is an evil character. . I loved the book

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