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Book Description:
Members who requested this book also requested: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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- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Thrillers >> General
- Mystery & Thrillers >> Authors, A-Z >> ( F ) >> Fielding, Joy
- Romance >> Authors, A-Z >> ( F ) >> Fielding, Joy
Top Member Reviews
Patricia J. W. from HOBART, IN wrote on 8/22/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have read over 3000 books in my lifetime: mysteries, love novels, history, horror. I have sampled some of the best, and some of the worst. This is one of the best love stories I have ever read.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not your usual light hearted romance novel, but an intensely moving story of a marriage at the breaking point.As with life there are joys and sorrows, so be prepared for both.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Interesting story on how marriages can go so wrong and then so right. have a tissue at the end!
Kae P. from BRANDON, FL wrote on 3/23/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
A wonderfully written story about love, heartache, betrayel, and the astonishing emotions of humans.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent read, but sad in parts. I enjoyed every word and tear I shed. Love Joy Fielding and a winner with this one, as always.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Such a touching, but sad love story, makes you believe in love.
Linda S. from BEVERLY, NJ wrote on 9/3/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
easy, good read. great for an airplane ride!
Olav V. from FORT COLLINS, CO wrote on 8/5/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very good
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book
Leslie S. from KINNELON, NJ wrote on 5/19/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Bearing all the distinctive qualities of a contemporary classic, The First Time is a dazzling illumination of a marriage at the crossroads, where the ties that bind become frayed but refuse to sever, and where a long estranged husband and wife discover, for the first time, exactly what love really means. At once profoundly cathartic and inspiring, The First Time finds Joy Fielding at the height of her powers as she explores the amazing resilience of the human spirit.
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Rebecka S. (Wow, this is one of the saddest, most depressing books I have read. It wasn't bad, just be ready to feel really bummed out after reading it.
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.
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 new that will alter their lives. Wracked by guilt, Jake returns to the wife he has naver really loved and the teenage daughter who wants nothing to do with him.
After 16 years of marriage, Matte discovers that her husband, Jake, is involved in yet another love affair. Jake leaves home---Mattie recieves devastating news that will alter their lives. Wracked by guilt, Jake returns home. A marraige at a crossroad, where a long estranged husband and wife discover, for the first time, what love really means.
Valerie W. from BEVERLY, MA wrote on 11/11/2005...I enjoy this author very much- book was good-
Terry J. from BRIDGETON, MO wrote on 9/8/2005...Afer sixteen years of marriage, Mattie Hart discovers that her husband Jake, a high profile Chicago attorney is involved in yet another lvoe affair. But a far greate rcrisis descends upon the Hart family after Jake leaves home: Mattie receives devasting news that will alter their lives. Wracked by guild, Jake returns to the wife he never loved and the teenage daughter who wants nothing to do with him.