{"product_id":"first-time-long-time-9781538726471","title":"First Time, Long Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Emma Cline and Melissa Broder, the story of an untethered, sardonic young woman falling for an older radio host... and then for his daughter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When aspiring writer Allison moved to L.A., she expected her life to finally take shape. After years of dwelling in grief over her brother's unexpected and untimely death and allowing her mercurial parents' feelings and desires to infect her own, she feels ready become the main character in her own story again. Yet Allison continues to feel inextricably tied to both her parents, particularly her unpredictable father, and weighed down by her the loss of her brother. In L.A., as with anywhere else, she feels lonely and adrift, unable to write and barely scraping by as an English teacher. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After a serendipitous run in with famed radio personality Reid Steinman, an idol of her father's and her late brother's, Allison is rapidly drawn under his spell, while also developing an unanticipated, tangled relationship with his adult daughter, Maddie. She's forced to balance her romance with Reid with her gnawing desire for the intoxicatingly charming Maddie, as it becomes increasingly evident that she and Allison's late brother share more than a few qualities. As Allison's relationships with the equally self-possessed father and daughter deepens, she struggles to establish the boundaries of her own identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through candid self-awareness, keen observations, and deliciously wry humor, \u003ci\u003eFirst Time, Long Time\u003c\/i\u003e asks, what happens to a young woman's goals when she becomes involved with a famous man whose needs seem so much louder than her own? And how might she move forward when so much in her past remains unresolved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538726471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.75w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Amy Silverberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418964680885,"sku":"9781538726471","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_83642b15-07f5-49b9-816a-5fc049e67b49.jpg?v=1748390428","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/first-time-long-time-9781538726471","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}