Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel BeanlandMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Based on a true story about the author’s own family, this was an engaging story. The characterization was so well done that I am now missing the characters. Set in pre-WWII in Atlantic City, it transports the reader back to that time in America before they had advanced medical techniques and when anti-Semantic feelings were flourishing in Europe. Florence is working hard to prepare to swim the English Channel, her sister is confined to a hospital bed to prevent early delivery of her baby, and the family has taken in a Jewish girl from Germany as they are trying to help her family come to America. It is a page turner, leaving the reader with a lot to think about in the end.
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