The First Time - Softcover

Fielding, Joy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743407067 ISBN 13: 9780743407069

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2001

Synopsis

Joy Fielding expands the scope of her storytelling as never before in this exquisitely moving New York Times bestseller -- a richly textured love story of astonishing emotional force. THE FIRST TIME After sixteen years of marriage, Mattie Hart discovers that her husband, Jake -- a high-profile Chicago attorney -- is involved in yet another love affair. But a far greater crisis descends upon the Hart family after Jake leaves home: Mattie receives devastating news that will alter their lives. Wracked by guilt, Jake returns to the wife he has never really loved and the teenage daughter who wants nothing to do with him. Here, in these most unexpected of circumstances, Joy Fielding deftly ushers her characters through a poignant drama about love's astonishing power to heal the deepest wounds. The First Time is a dazzling illumination of a marriage at the crossroad, where a long estranged husband and wife discover, for the first time, what love really means.

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Review:

"This is rich stuff....Fielding has created an adept study of three flawed characters who, after years of playing head games, must learn how to communicate....Fielding has again pushed a seemingly fragile heroine to the brink, only to have her fight back, tooth and nail." -- "Booklist"

Book Description:

In a departure from her thriller writing, Joy Fielding has created a moving, heartwarming novel of love, marriage and a devastating blow

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0743407067
• ISBN 13: 9780743407069
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 512