The first time
About this book
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 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 crossroads, where a long estranged husband and wife discover, for the first time, what love really means.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 3242 readers · 373 pages · ≈ 6 h 54 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The first time?
About ≈ 6 h 54 m — 373 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The first time?
373 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The first time?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The first time in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The first time?
Joy Fielding.