**From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a
powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a
#1 Netflix series!
**
In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at
the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her
amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street
and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty,
brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can
be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, 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 pact to be best
friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate.
Inseparable.
So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than
three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the
Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two
women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.
From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world.
Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved
unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she
looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down
nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her
own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and
success . . . and loneliness.
Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout
college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she
really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary
life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't
know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll
lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much
she'll envy her famous best friend. . . .
For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life,
weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment.
They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears
them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate
test.
Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine
while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age
novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and
cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And
ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows
what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a
story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best
friend.
