First Out

by Joyce Thompson, Romy Nordlinger (Narrator)

When single mom Lizzie tells her best friend Ted she's decided to go looking for action among the recently divorced, hoping to be someone's "first lover out", the results are funny, hair-raising, and redemptive in equal measure.

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About the author

In 1994, Joyce Thompson took a leave of absence from her literary career to work on high tech’s cutting edge. How to Greet Strangers, her sixth novel, marks her return to her first love, fiction.

She is the author of five previous novels, two collections of short stories and a memoir. Her work has been published in six languages and frequently optioned for film.

Reviews

[Dori Sabourin · Rating 4 out of 5]

When single mom Lizzie tells her best friend Ted she's decided to go looking for action among the recently divorced, hoping to be someone's "first lover out".

Ted, who has been dating for awhile, warns Lizzie that dating a divorced man, will not fare well. Lizzie is not convinced and at her son's music rehearsal, meets his coach who cunningly asks for her son's phone number. When asked why he needs her son's phone number, he admits that he might big like to call her son's mother sometime.

It doesn't take long for them to start dating. Lizzie soon learns the coach has a one track mind. Dismayed, Lizzie makes up an excuse to leave even in the face of coach pleading her to stay. At home, after a good cry, she realizes she still has an amend to make to deal with her own past.

This listen is a combination of funny, hair-raising, and redemptive in equal measure.

[Niki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short story about a single mom who decides to try and get out there again.