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The Half Life | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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THE HALF LIFE is the third Rachel Beanland book that I have selected as a Bets On title. The previous two were FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER and THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, both of which still are memorable. In her latest novel, Rachel brings us the story of 23-year-old Eileen O'Malley, who immediately marries a young Navy man she falls for named Paul Archer and accompanies him to La Maddalena, a stunning Mediterranean island off the coast of Sardinia. It's the Atomic Age, and the United States has nuc
The House Is on Fire | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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It’s true joy when an author whose debut novel was a Bets On pick (FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER) follows up with a book that I similarly want to rave about. Rachel Beanland’s THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE is a well-written, immersive work of historical fiction. Years ago, when Rachel moved to Richmond, her realtor showed her around town citing the location of a theater fire that killed a number of the city’s residents in 1811. This nugget stayed with her, and when the pandemic limited her travel, she mov
Florence Adler Swims Forever | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER by Rachel Beanland is a wonderful treasure of a novel. It takes place during the summer of 1934 in Atlantic City and is inspired by a secret that was kept by Rachel’s own family. As it opens, Florence is training to swim the English Channel, and her loved ones are rallying behind her. However, fate steps in, and suddenly the Adler family is thrown in a completely different direction, which will test them all. This debut novel is an uplifting story of hope, solidarity
Florence Adler Swims Forever | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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Set on the Atlantic City boardwalk and told from the perspectives of several members of a tight-knit Jewish family, FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER is an engrossing, heartfelt debut. The year is 1934, and Florence Adler, bolstered by her family’s support, is in training to swim the English Channel. The Adlers own a small business that allows them to spend the off-season in their beachfront home and cluster together in a small apartment above their bakery during the summer so that they can rent thei
The House Is on Fire | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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Rachel Beanland follows up her debut novel, FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER, with THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, a dramatic and meticulously researched fictional retelling of the Richmond Theater Fire of 1811. When the Richmond Theater burned to the ground on December 26, 1811, it was one of the biggest tragedies that the United States had ever witnessed. There were more than 600 people in attendance that night, and the mood of joy and conviviality suddenly turned to shock and terror when a piece of equipme
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