{"product_id":"9781398501331","title":"Florence Adler Swims Forever","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Beanland, Rachel, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/04\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781398501331\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eWinner of The National Jewish Book Awards Gold berg Prize for Debut Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow far would you go to hide the truth from the ones you love the most?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to holidaymakers and move into the apartment above the bakery they own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and, despite the cramped quarters, it still 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, leaving her seven-year-old daughter Gussie in Esther's care. After Joseph insists they take in Anna, a young woman whom he recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany, the apartment is bursting at the seams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsther wants nothing more than 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 Stuart Williams, the heir of a hotel notorious for its anti-Semitic policies, seems to be in love with Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes during one of Florence's practice swims, Esther makes the shocking decision to keep the truth about Florence's death from Fannie - at least until the baby is born. She pulls the rest of the family into an elaborate web of secret keeping and lies, forcing to the surface long-buried tensions that show us just how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with humour and tenderness and based on a true story, Rachel Beanland's debut is a breathtaking meditation on the lengths we go to in order to keep our families together. At its heart, it is an uplifting portrayal of how the human spirit can endure-and even thrive-after tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39864509071513,"sku":"9781398501331","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781398501331.jpg?v=1619108902","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9781398501331","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}