{"product_id":"first-love-language-paperback","title":"First Love Language (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo teens discover that love defies the boundaries of any\nspoken language in this debut romantic dramedy about finding love and\nreconnecting with your culture in the most surprising ways.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTaiwanese American Catie Carlson has never fit in with her white family. As\nmuch as she loves her stepmom and stepsister, she yearns to understand more\nabout her culture and find her biological mother.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSo Catie is shocked when an opportunity comes knocking on her door: Her summer\nspa coworker, Toby, says he’ll teach her Mandarin. In exchange, she needs to\nteach him how to date so he can finally work up the courage to ask out his\ncrush. The only problem is that Catie doesn’t actually have \u003ci\u003eany \u003c\/i\u003edating\nexperience. But she can fake it.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith her late father’s copy of \u003ci\u003eThe Five Love Languages\u003c\/i\u003e and all\nhis annotated notes, Catie becomes the perfect dating coach. Or so she thinks.\nAs she gets dangerously close to Toby \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eto finding out what\nreally happened to her biological mom, she realizes that learning the language\nof love might be tougher than she thought.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nStefany Valentine’s debut novel is both a fresh, fun romance as well as a\nprofound, luminous story about grief, family, transracial adoption, and what it\nmeans to truly follow your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eStefany Valentine \u003c\/b\u003eis an emerging young adult\nauthor. Her first publication is featured in the adoptee anthology, \u003ci\u003eWhen\nWe Became Ours\u003c\/i\u003e, and her sophomore title, \u003ci\u003eLove Makes Mochi\u003c\/i\u003e, is\nexpected to release with Joy Revolution in 2026. Follow her for updates on\nTikTok and Instagram @BooksByStefany and on her website,\nstefanyvalentine.wordpress.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874143334607,"sku":"9798217142927","price":22.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_19aa2930-6b53-4c9e-a173-feeb84e5f9c8.jpg?v=1772094105","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/first-love-language-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}