$10 ticket only, $17 for ticket plus a copy of the book (pick up at the JCC)

Rachel Beanland Florence Adler Swims Forever
This year’s Community Reads book. Beanland will be interviewed by author Barbara Shoup of Indiana Writer’s Center

As so many will attest, this New York Times Best Seller is a thought-provoking and entertaining read. Inspired by her own family history, in her debut novel Beanland takes readers to 1930s Atlantic City, where a multigenerational Jewish family grapples with the aftermath of a shocking tragedy over the course of a summer. Florence Adler Swims Forever is the winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Debut Fiction, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and one of USA Today’s “Best Books of 2020.”

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