The First Time

Now in available in trade paperback from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Joy Fielding-an exquisitely moving story of a marriage at a crossroads, and an estranged husband and wife's discovery of what love really means.

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...