Author: Kristin Hannah
From the New
York Times bestselling writer of On Mystic Lake comes an effective novel of
love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . .
In the
turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has ordinary her region at the bottom
of the eighth-grade social meals chain. Then, to her amazement, the
"coolest girl within the international" movements throughout the
road and desires to be her pal. Tully Hart seems to have it all splendor,
brains, ambition. On the surface, they're as contrary as humans maybe Kate, doomed to be all the
time un-cool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully,
steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They
make a P.C. be pleasant buddies all the time; by means of summer season's
give up they've to grow to be Tully and Kate. Inseparable.
So starts
Kristin Hannah's astonishing new novel. Spanning greater than three a long time
and playing out across the ever-converting face of the Pacific Northwest,
Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship
that will become the bulkhead of their lives.
From the
start, Tully is desperate to show her worth to the world. Abandoned through her
mom at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering,
massive-hair era of the eighties, she looks to guys to fill the void in her
soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it's miles of television news that
captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around
the globe, locating reputation and achievement And loneliness.
Kate is aware
of early on that her lifestyles might be nothing special. Throughout
university, she pretends to be driven by a way of want for achievement, however
all she in reality wishes is to fall in love and feature youngsters and live a
normal lifestyle. In her own quiet way, Kate is as pushed as Tully. What she
doesn't recognize is how being a spouse and mother will trade her How
she'll lose sight of who she once become, and what she as soon as wanted. And
how a lot she'll envy her famous first-class buddy.
For thirty
years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through existence, weathering the storms
of friendship jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they have got
survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart And
places their courage and friendship to the ultimate take a look at.
Firefly Lane is for everybody who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while being attentive to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the tale of technology of women who had been each blessed and cursed via choices. It's approximately promises and secrets and techniques and betrayals. And in the long run, approximately the only character who surely, sincerely knows you and is aware of what has the power to hurt you And heal you. Firefly Lane is a tale you will by no means forget One you may need to pass on to your great buddy.
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