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.
