First Comes Love: A Novel Pre-Owned Paperback 0345546946 9780345546944 Emily Giffin

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This is a Pre-Owned book. All our books are in Good or better condition. Format: Paperback Author: Emily Giffin ISBN10: 0345546946 ISBN13: 9780345546944 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A pair of sisters find themselves at a crossroads in this dazzling new novel from the author of Something Borrowed Where We Belong and The One Only. First Comes Love is a story about family friendship and the courage to follow your own heart-wherever that may lead. Growing up Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive spirited and outgoing Meredith hardworking thoughtful and reserved. When tragedy strikes their delicate bond splinters. Fifteen years later Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties following very different paths. Josie a first grade teacher is single-and this close to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy however is to become a mother-a feeling that is heightened when her ex-boyfriends daughter is assigned to her class. Determined to have the future shes always wanted Josie decides to take matters into her own hands. On the outside Meredith is the model daughter with the perfect life. A successful attorney shes married to a wonderful man and together theyre raising a beautiful four-year-old daughter. Yet lately Meredith feels dissatisfied and restless secretly wondering if she chose the life that was expected of her rather than the one she truly desired. As the anniversary of their tragedy looms and painful secrets from the past begin to surface Josie and Meredith must not only confront the issues that divide them but also come to terms with their own choices. In their journey toward understanding and forgiveness both sisters discover that they need each other more than they knew-and that in the search for true happiness love always comes first. Praise for First Comes Love An engaging story of sisterly love . Illuminating and engrossing. -People [Emily] Giffin delivers another emotionally honest work. First Comes Love is a heart-stirring novel about the many layers of sibling rivalry. -Associated Press First Comes Love brings [Giffin] back with a vengeance. Tales of sisters have been at the core of other great novels but Giffin turns that relationship upside down and makes her view a fascinating one. -Huffington Post Moving and complex [First Comes Love] proves [that Emily Giffin is] still at the top of her game. -Booklist Giffin juggles Josies quest for motherhood and Merediths internal conflicts deftly. Giffin paints a realistic portrait of the troubled and complex relationship between a pair of sisters. -Kirkus Reviews This is Giffin at her finest-a fantastic memorable story. -Publishers Weekly First Comes Love is an un-put-down-able smart and thoughtful novel that will make you think about the nature of family and how our past informs our present. -PopSugar Giffins talent is pretty much unparalleled when it comes to the modern womans story about life love and family. -Redbook [A] well-written family drama. -Real Simple Fans will be entertained by the authors humor and satisfied by her storytelling -Atlanta Journal-Constitution