A Bracing, Intimate Essay Collection About The Power And Complexity Of Female Friendship In The Wake Of Violence, From The Critically Acclaimed Author Of Negative Space.when Lilly Dancygers Beloved Cousin Sabina Was Murdered Just As Both Girls Were Entering Their Young Adult Lives, The Shock And Grief Altered Her Perception Of What It Meant To Be A Woman In The World, And Rippled Through Her Closest Friendships. The Loss Of Her First Lovesabinabecomes The Springboard For This Bold And Refreshing Exploration Of The Bonds Between Women, From The Intensity Of Adolescent Best Friendships And Fluid Sexuality To Mothering And Chosen Family.each Essay In First Love Is Grounded In A Close Female Friendship In Dancygers Life, Expanding Outward To Dissect Cultural Assumptions About Feminine Identity And Desire, And The Many Ways Women Create Space For Each Other In A World That Wants Us Small. Seamlessly Weaving Personal Experience With Pop Culture And Literature Ranging From Nineteenth Century Fairytalesto True Crime,anas Ninand Sylvia Plath To Heavenly Creatures And The Sad Girls Of Tumblr, Dancyger''s Essaysform Akaleidoscopic Story Of A Life Told Through Friendships, And An Incisive Exploration Of What It Means To Love Each Other.first Love Elevates Friendships To The Love Stories They Truly Are, Giving Them The Deep Consideration That Romantic Relationships Have Enjoyed For Centuries.