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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.

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	The House Is on Fire 4.09 avg rating — 23,446 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Florence Adler Swims Forever 3.88 avg rating — 24,485 ratings — published 2020 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Richmond Theater Fire: Early America's First Great Disaster by Meredith Henne Baker (Goodreads Author), Rachel Beanland (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.90 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pour que brûle l'espoir by Rachel Beanland (Goodreads Author), Marie Chivot-Bulher (translator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Half Life: A Novel 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

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“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.”
― Rachel Beanland, Florence Adler Swims Forever

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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.”
― Rachel Beanland, The House Is on Fire

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You Are Not Alone

by Greer Hendricks

6 votes, 21.4%

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

by Benjamin Stevenson

4 votes, 14.3%

Twenty Years Later

by Charlie Donlea

4 votes, 14.3%

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

3 votes, 10.7%

Trust

by Hernan Diaz

3 votes, 10.7%

Mad Honey

by Jodi Picoult

3 votes, 10.7%

True Biz

by Sara Nović

2 votes, 7.1%

The House Is on Fire

by Rachel Beanland

1 vote, 3.6%

Not a Happy Family

by Shari Lapena

1 vote, 3.6%

The Damage Done

by Michael Landweber

1 vote, 3.6%

Paper Names

by Susie Luo

0 votes, 0.0%

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