Parents Joseph and Esther Adler run a successful bakery and have two grown daughters, Fannie and Florence.įannie has gone the more traditional route for her era, skipping college to marry the ne’er do well Isaac Feldman. Set in the summer of 1934, the story wraps around three generations of the Adler clan, illuminating their romances, marriages, and secrets. In the early 1930s, Atlantic City was known to many as “the Jewish Riviera.” Families would gather here annually for sun-drenched vacations revolving around the city’s grand beach hotels. A glamorous location to be sure, but also one with a seedy underbelly.Īnother more wholesome but equally intriguing side of Atlantic City emerges in Florence Adler Swims Forever, a debut novel from Rachel Beanland based on her own family’s history.
When people think of Atlantic City in the 1930s, some may immediately think of “Boardwalk Empire,” the HBO series depicting Prohibition-era gangsters and their flapper molls, gambling, and free-flowing booze.
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