A First Time for Everything Han Kang 1942: The Smith girls—nineteen-year-old aspiring

1942: The Smith girls—nineteen-year-old aspiring writer Cadence and sixteen-year-old war-obsessed Briar—are faced with the impossible task of holding their failing family farm together during World War II as the U

Having been trained by her father to be keenly observant since she was a child

A propulsive and exquisitely written tour de force

and the ability to twin grit with grace through tenderness—are on full display in this story of loss

And Heather has secrets of her own

A First Time for Everything Han Kang 1942: The Smith girls—nineteen-year-old aspiringFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules comes a fun new coming of age romance full of dating disasters, powerful firsts, and the importance of family. Madeline has always been extremely close to her family, so she is shocked when her older brother gets engaged without including them (or even giving them a heads up!). Mads has never been the biggest fan of his fiance, Katie, so in order to remain one happy family, she