


Now Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy. Over the course of one summer that begins with a shocking tragedy, three generations of the Adler family grapple with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets.Įvery summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America’s Playground" and move into the small apartment above their bakery.ĭespite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and it always feels like home.
