Deep down

Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, £8.99) Setting personal strife against a backdrop of a world sliding into chaos, this novel follows a Jewish family and members of their social circle as they wrestle with a devastating secret. It’s 1934 in Atlantic City, and Florence Adler is determined to swim across the 'nglish Channel; her sister, Fannie, is pregnant and suffering from high blood pressure. When tragedy strikes, nothing will ever be the same again.