First love language
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"Taiwanese American Catie Carlson has never fit in with her white family. As much as she loves her stepmom and stepsister, she yearns to understand more about her culture and find her biological mother. So Catie is shocked when an opportunity comes knocking on her door: Her summer spa coworker, Toby, says he’ll teach her Mandarin. In exchange, she needs to teach him how to date so he can finally work up the courage to ask out his crush. The only problem is that Catie doesn’t actually have any dating experience. But she can fake it. With her late father’s copy of The Five Love Languages and all his annotated notes, Catie becomes the perfect dating coach. Or so she thinks. As she gets dangerously close to Toby and to finding out what really happened to her biological mom, she realizes that learning the language of love might be tougher than she thought. Stefany Valentine’s debut novel is both a fresh, fun romance as well as a profound, luminous story about grief, family, transracial adoption, and what it means to truly follow your heart."--
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Valentine, S. (2025). First love language. New York, Penguin Workshop.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Valentine, Stefany. 2025. First Love Language. New York, Penguin Workshop.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Valentine, Stefany, First Love Language. New York, Penguin Workshop, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Valentine, Stefany. First Love Language. New York, Penguin Workshop, 2025.
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| Last Sierra Extract Time | Jan 17, 2025 11:04:00 AM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Jan 17, 2025 11:04:07 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Jan 17, 2025 11:04:06 AM |
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| 520 | |a "Taiwanese American Catie Carlson has never fit in with her white family. As much as she loves her stepmom and stepsister, she yearns to understand more about her culture and find her biological mother. So Catie is shocked when an opportunity comes knocking on her door: Her summer spa coworker, Toby, says he’ll teach her Mandarin. In exchange, she needs to teach him how to date so he can finally work up the courage to ask out his crush. The only problem is that Catie doesn’t actually have any dating experience. But she can fake it. With her late father’s copy of The Five Love Languages and all his annotated notes, Catie becomes the perfect dating coach. Or so she thinks. As she gets dangerously close to Toby and to finding out what really happened to her biological mom, she realizes that learning the language of love might be tougher than she thought. Stefany Valentine’s debut novel is both a fresh, fun romance as well as a profound, luminous story about grief, family, transracial adoption, and what it means to truly follow your heart."-- |c Dust Jacket | ||
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