{"product_id":"the-first-desire-9781400077991","title":"The First Desire","description":"When Sadie looks out her window and sees her bother standing on the front lawn she knows he can't bring good news. Fidgeting over coffee with sugar and cream he explains: Their sister is gone. Three days earlier Goldie left to go shopping and she has not returned. With Goldie's disappearance as the catalyst, \u003cb\u003eThe First Desire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes us deep into the life of the Cohen family and Buffalo, New York, from the Great Depression to the years immediately following World War II. Shifting perspectives from siblings Sadie, Jo, Goldie, and Irving we learn of the secrets they have managed to keep hidden--and of Lillian, the beautiful woman their father took as a lover while his wife was dying. In this astonishing novel Reisman brings to life the love, grief, and desires that ultimately bind one family together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Reisman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400077991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2005 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2005 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy Reisman is the author of \u003ci\u003eHouse Fires\u003c\/i\u003e, a short story collection that won the 1999 Iowa Short Fiction Award. Her work has appeared in, among other anthologies and journals, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2001\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives in Ann Arbor, where she currently teaches creative writing at the University of Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302485880947,"sku":"9781400077991","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_406bb16f-636d-48ad-a12f-7ba9a3505d1c.jpg?v=1770902059","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-first-desire-9781400077991","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}