First Time

by Fielding (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.35

  Expanding the scope of her storytelling as never before, New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding delivers the novel that will captivate her devoted fans and win her countless new readers: an exquisitely tender and richly textured love story of astonishing emotional force. Behind the shiny facade of her seemingly idyllic life in Chicago, Mattie Hart feels as if she is falling apart. After sixteen years of marriage, and one beautiful teenage daughter, Mattie has discovered that her husband, Jake, a high-profile defense attorney, is ensconced in yet another love affair. It is only after Jake finally confesses his infidelity and leaves to live with his girlfriend that a far greater crisis descends upon the embattled Hart family -- Mattie receives some devastating news that will alter all their lives. Wracked by guilt at these unforeseen developments, Jake returns home to be with Mattie. Here, in this most daunting and unexpected of circumstances, Joy Fielding deftly ushers her characters through a poignant and heartbreaking drama about love's astonishing power to defy the greatest odds and to heal the deepest wounds. 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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $5.83

  Behind the shiny facade of her seemingly idyllic life, Mattie Hart feels she is falling apart. After sixteen years of marriage, and a beautiful teenage daughter, Mattie discovers that her husband Jake is ensconced in yet another affair. It is only after Jake confesses his infidelity and leaves home that Mattie receives even more devastating news. News that will alter all their lives. Now, for the first time, Mattie and Jake are about to discover what love really means. How its astonishing power can defy the greatest odds and heal the deepest wounds.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $4.44

  Fielding has created an adept study of three flawed characters who after years of playing head games, must learn to communicate. As the novel races towards tragedy, Mattie prevails. Fielding has again pushed a seemingly fragile heroine to the brink, only to have her fight back tooth and nail.

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $26.27