First Loves A Memoir Author:Ted Solotaroff An autobiography of a relationship, First Loves explores that of Solotaroff and his wife, Lynn, with pitiless intensity. He recalls his first sighting of her emerging from the water as if from a dream. Yet the image, coupled with intervening layers of pain and disappointment, is almost impossibly distant and fragile. Solotaroff's willingness to ... more »admit the shortcomings, personal and professional, alongside the triumphs of his formative years gives the work a three-dimensional intensity. The opposition of romantic and intellectual passion drives the narrative and eventually brings it to crisis. First Loves does not exonerate its author in recalling a powerful love affair that nevertheless failed. Solotaroff is the author of a New York Times Notable Book and nominee for the National Jewish Book Award.« less