Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland

The character ‘Fannie’ is based on your great-grandmother, and the character ‘Gussie’ is based on your grandmother. We understand you based your novel on an event that had happened in your family. I worked in public relations and was in my mid-thirties, working full-time for a community arts center and raising three kids, when everything I’d been doing (reading, writing, advocating for the arts and artists, etc.) began to come together.ĪUTHORLINK: Wow, incredible! It’s remarkable that there are no other half written novels hidden in drawers. I was a voracious reader as a child, and have always loved to write, but it didn’t really occur to me, in college or in my twenties, that I could write fiction for a living.

“I was a voracious reader as a child, and have always loved to write…”īEANLAND: This is my debut novel. Had you written any other books before this one? Tell us a little about your journey to becoming an author. We enjoyed Florence Adler Swims Forever very much and are impressed with the wholly immersive quality of your writing. She’ll win you over in the most old fashioned of ways: She simply tells a hell of a story.” - Rebecca Makkai, Pulitzer Finalist for The Great BelieversĪUTHORLINK : Ms. “Rachel Beanland is a writer of uncommon wit and wisdom, with a sharp and empathetic eye for character.

Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler family grapple with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets in this stunning debut novel. An EXCLUSIVE AUTHORLINK interview with Rachel Beanland

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland