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The First Time - Fielding, Joy - Mass Market Paperback - Good

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Release Year
2001
ISBN
9780743407069
Book Title
First Time
Item Length
6.8 in
Publisher
Pocket Star
Publication Year
2001
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.2 in
Author
Joy Fielding
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Family Life, General
Item Width
4.2 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz
Number of Pages
512 Pages

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Joy Fielding expands the scope of her storytelling as never before in this exquisitely movingNew York Timesbestseller -- a richly textured love story of astonishing emotional force.THE FIRST TIMEAfter 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 Timeis 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pocket Star
ISBN-10
0743407067
ISBN-13
9780743407069
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1839421

Product Key Features

Book Title
First Time
Author
Joy Fielding
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Family Life, General
Publication Year
2001
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
512 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.8 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Item Weight
8.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
BooklistThis 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., Kirkus ReviewsA tonic account of how one woman discovers her truest self in the face of supreme disaster., "After a long string of successful romantic suspense novels, Joy Fielding gives us something different, a human drama that celebrates life and love. Although you will need a box of Kleenex ready, this marvelous story will leave you cheering, even as you examine your own life and priorities." -- Romantic Times, Publishers Weekly[An] affecting drama....Fielding is good at chronicling the messy tangle of family relationships....A three-tissue finale., "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, Romantic TimesAfter a long string of successful romantic suspense novels, Joy Fielding gives us something different, a human drama that celebrates life and love. Although you will need a box of Kleenex ready, this marvelous story will leave you cheering, even as you examine your own life and priorities., "A tonic account of how one woman discovers her truest self in the face of supreme disaster." -- Kirkus Reviews, "[An] affecting drama....Fielding is good at chronicling the messy tangle of family relationships....A three-tissue finale." -- Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
2001
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
21

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    Mattie Hart has spent the past 16 years destroying the nefarious evidence of an unfaithful husband: she has brushed aside countless scraps of scribbled phone numbers, thrown away hotel receipts she finds in her husband's coat pockets, and ripped up love notes, almost as fasr as she tries to forget what she has found. Finally, with the recent discovery of yet another indiscretion, she realizes that shredding physical evidence has done nothing to prevent her emotional fraying. Yet before Mattie can confront Jake, a high-profile defense lawyer, and come to grips with the fact that he has never loved her, he moves out of their beautiful suburban Chicago home and into his latest young paramour's apartment. After an embarrassing outburst in her husbands courtroom, Mattie goes to see her doctor. ...