"Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers and move into the apartment above their bakery. The apartment is where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and it still feels like home. Florence returns from college determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel. Fannie, who's pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bed rest at Atlantic City Hospital. Then there's Anna, a mysterious young woman Joseph has recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany. When tragedy strikes on one of Florence's training swims, Esther makes the shocking decision to keep the truth about Florence's death from Fannie. But to do this, she'll need the cooperation of everyone in the apartment"-- Adapted from dust jacket flap.
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