The First Desire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400077991)

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, The First Desire takes 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.

Author: Nancy Reisman
ISBN-10: 1400077990
ISBN-13: 9781400077991
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/30/2005
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.30w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 65
New York Times 10/30/2005 pg. 24
Kliatt 01/01/2006 pg. 17