first love

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Even decades later, Jean Dornan, the protagonist of Julia Langbein’s smart, poignant and involving novel “Dear Monica Lewinsky,” can’t recollect her own first love in tranquility.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“You have to reinvent yourself. I’m going back to my first love, which is building products and serving customers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

McCann's first love was football and, despite being an avid Toffee, she played for Liverpool before an ankle injury forced her retirement in 2010.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"He was her first love and we still cannot believe it as there was no burial, the body was not recovered."

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

It was a busy, active life, but with little room for her first love: observation and discovery.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman