The First Affair
A Novel
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Emily Sutton-Smith
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I was 22 years old and only three weeks out of college. I thought my whole life was beginning.... Then he kissed me.
Jamie McAlister has resigned herself to the fact that in this job market, her painfully expensive degree might only get her a position at Starbucks, when she suddenly lands a prestigious internship at the White House. Although she doesn’t hit it off with the other interns - lockjaws who come from so much money that 10 weeks without a paycheck doesn’t faze them - she is eager to work hard and make the best of the opportunity while it lasts.
An unexpected encounter late one evening with the charismatic President Gregory Rutland seems like just a fleeting flirtation, but when he orchestrates clandestine meetings and late-night phone calls, their relationship quickly escalates. Jamie knows what she is doing is wrong: He’s married, he has kids, he’s the President. Yet each time she tries to extricate herself, Greg pulls her back in.
With the conflicted desires of the most powerful man in the world driving her to her breaking point, Jamie can’t help but divulge intimate details to those closest to her. But she must have confided in the wrong person, because she soon finds herself, and everyone she cares about, facing calculated public destruction at the hands of Greg’s political enemies, and - perhaps no matter how much he cares about her - at the hands of Greg himself.
©2013 Emma McLauglin and Nicola Kraus (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.What listeners say about The First Affair
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Kate Rowan
- 13-03-25
Ultimately a sad story about a lost young woman
This is a very evocative book and dare I say entertaining at the beginning but it is in fact an incredibly sad story as we get to know Jamie and her story better. I wasn’t under any illusions about what this was about but as much as it wasn’t difficult to read intellectually, it was difficult emotionally when you discover Jamie’s back story. There are moments of humour and she is the best character surrounded by pretty awful ones including some members of her own family who don’t get redemption until close to the end - sister Erica is a piece of work. Add trauma, a sense of not fitting in and it all drives her pretty believably into the situation with the president. It is well done but there are aspects that could be triggering to do with Jamie’s back story (trying to limit spoilers). It felt dark. I think some sort of light to balance out all the ascerbic or emotionally unavailable characters could have helped but in the end it was Jamie who saved herself. Interesting, well-written and clever reasons for why everything happened but definitely not something to read when you are feeling down. Narration felt dated and Irish accent (Jamie’s father is Irish) was horrendous. Maybe better to read?
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