First Comes Love
定價：350 元
NT $ 277
- 作者：Emily Giffin
- 出版社：Random House
- 出版日期：2016-09-15
- 語言：英文
- ISBN10：0399177701
- ISBN13：9780399177705
- 裝訂：平裝 / 400頁 / 普通級 / 單色印刷 / 初版
以處女作《非關友情》大獲好評的都會小說作家，這次要從兩個姊妹的故事，帶你尋找幸福的意義。
《First Comes Love》故事圍繞著兩姐妹喬西與梅瑞德斯展開，喬西是個有點衝動的派對女孩，梅瑞德斯比較含蓄、害羞。
時間一晃15年過去，喬西與梅瑞德斯也都30幾歲了，她們各自過著比她們想像中還要更天差地遠的生活。喬西是單身的一年級老師，她感覺到自己的生理時鐘滴滴答答流逝，不管是否已經找到對的人，喬西想成為母親的慾望都越來越強烈，而這感覺在她發現前男友的女兒竟在她班上時，更是一發不可收拾。
梅瑞德斯看似擁有完美的生活：她是個成功的律師，嫁給一個她認識了一輩子的好男人，還擁有一個四歲女兒。但梅瑞德斯還是對生活感到不滿，總是在想她是否為人生做了對的選擇。
而此時，過去的秘密開始浮出水面，悲劇步步進逼，喬西與梅瑞德斯不僅要面對那些分裂她們人生的議題，在這趟理解與原諒的過程，兩姐妹更發現她們比彼此想像的更需要對方：在尋找幸福的過程中，愛永遠是最重要的事。
A pair of sisters find themselves at a crossroads in this dazzling new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling 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-boyfriend’s daughter is assigned to her class. Determined to have the future
she’s 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, she’s married to a wonderful man, and together they’re 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.
