First Comes Love: A Novel,Used

#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 heartwherever 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 singleand this close to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy, however, is to become a mothera feeling that is heightened when her exboyfriends 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 fouryearold 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 knewand that in the search for true happiness, love always comes first.Praise for First Comes LoveAn engaging story of sisterly love . . . Illuminating and engrossing.People[Emily] Giffin delivers another emotionally honest work. . . . First Comes Love is a heartstirring novel about the many layers of sibling rivalry.Associated PressFirst 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 PostMoving and complex, [First Comes Love] proves [that Emily Giffin is] still at the top of her game.BooklistGiffin 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 ReviewsThis is Giffin at her finesta fantastic, memorable story.Publishers WeeklyFirst Comes Love is an unputdownable, smart, and thoughtful novel that will make you think about the nature of family and how our past informs our present.PopSugarGiffins talent is pretty much unparalleled when it comes to the modern womans story about life, love and family.Redbook[A] wellwritten family drama.Real SimpleFans will be entertained by the authors humor and satisfied by her storytellingAtlanta JournalConstitution