{"product_id":"first-love-essays-on-friendship-used","title":"First Love: Essays on Friendship (USED)","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Lambda Literary Award finalist and deeply moving essay collection celebrating female friendship, chosen family, grief, identity, and the profound love found outside traditional romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if some of the greatest love stories of our lives are actually our friendships?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Love: Essays on Friendship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, critically acclaimed author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLilly Dancyger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gives women's friendships the attention, complexity, and emotional weight usually reserved for romantic love. 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Loss reminds her how fragile life can be—and how important it is to hold tightly to the people we love while they're still here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross a series of deeply personal essays, Dancyger examines the many forms female friendship can take, from the all-consuming intensity of adolescent best friends to evolving sexuality, motherhood, adulthood, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003echosen family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending memoir with cultural criticism, literature, true crime, and pop culture, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how women create space for one another in a world that so often asks them to make themselves smaller. 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