yetanothersusan 's review for:

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

4.0

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Florence Adler will swim forever, or at least live forever in the memories of her loved ones. The story deals with how a family reacts to the loss of a member while trying to hold everything else together. Across the space of a summer, the Adlers help support each other in somewhat odd ways while they also discover new things about each other. The plot to keep Florence's death from her older sister seems almost comic in retrospect and Fannie's husband is the perfect caricature of the horrible husband. But throughout the story, the strong ties of the family, including their close friends, feels genuine and makes for an enjoyable and uplifting book, despite its tragic beginning.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for a copy of the book. This review is my own opinion.