Rachel Beanland loosely based her first novel on the story of her great-great-aunt Florence. It’s a worthy tribute and a satisfying historical family drama.
Simon & Schuster
9781982132460
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Simon & Schuster
9781982132460
Rachel Beanland loosely based her first novel on the story of her great-great-aunt Florence. It’s a worthy tribute and a satisfying historical family drama.
Rachel Beanland’s debut novel opens in 1934 Atlantic City. It’s a blue-sky June day, and most of the Adler family is enjoying the beach: 7-year-old Gussie; Gussie’s grandparents Esther and Joseph; Anna, the young German Jewish woman the family has taken in; and Florence, Esther and Joseph’s younger daughter, a Wellesley College student and star…
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