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Rachel Beanland

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Rachel Beanland is the author of the novels FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER, THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE, and the forthcoming THE HALF LIFE, which will be released by Simon & Schuster in the summer of 2026. She earned her MFA in creative writing from Virginia Commonwealth University and lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Average rating: 3.98 · 49,543 ratings · 6,660 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
The House Is on Fire

4.09 avg rating — 24,488 ratings — published 2023 — 10 editions
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Florence Adler Swims Forever

3.87 avg rating — 24,944 ratings — published 2020 — 27 editions
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4.12 avg rating — 102 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 6 editions
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“How could a man who had so much always manage to believe he had so little?”
Rachel Beanland, Florence Adler Swims Forever

“This, she realized, was what it felt like to grow old. Eventually people felt so weighed down by the yoke of their own bad decisions that they could scarcely move.”
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“Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose.”
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