![]() ![]() The story progresses through the perspectives of those who had a connection to Florence, including Stuart, who harbored a crush on her and Anna, with whom Florence shared a one-time sexual encounter and a heady attraction that brews between Anna and Stuart after Florence’s death. Her parents, Esther and Joseph, cannot bring themselves to tell Florence’s sister, Fannie, who’s pregnant and in the hospital on bed rest, and Gussie and Fannie’s husband, Isaac, must also keep the secret. While at the beach with her niece, seven-year-old Gussie, and their young German Jewish houseguest, Anna Epstein, Florence sets off for a swim, during which she drowns. It’s 1934, and Florence Adler is a vivacious 20-year-old living in Atlantic City, N.J., preparing to swim the English Channel with the coaching help of Stuart Williams, a handsome local lifeguard. The shock of a family’s loss reverberates through Beanland’s debut. ![]()
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