In 'The First Bad Man,' we enter the world of Cheryl Glickman, a solitary and neurotic woman who perceives her life through a lens of unrequited love and peculiar fixations. She clings to a fantasy of romantic connection with Phillip, a board member at the women's self-defense nonprofit where she works. This delicate balance is upended when Cheryl's home becomes the temporary residence for Clee, her bosses' crude and domineering twenty-something daughter. The intrusion sparks a tumultuous relationship that shatters Cheryl’s ordered existence, propelling her into an odyssey of self-discovery brimming with dark humor, sexual awakening, and strange tenderness. Miranda July crafts a story that is at once a bizarre journey, a touching exploration of the human craving for intimacy, and a testament to the unpredictability of love.