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Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah
St. Martin's Press
February 2008
ISBN#: 978-0312364083
Contemporary
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Synopsis:
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.
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A+
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Tully and Kate are both loners in and of their own sense
at fourteen. Each is looking for something bigger than what she already has.
For Tully it's love. As a young girl abandoned by her mother at her
grandparents' house, she has fought to understand what was wrong with her
that would cause her mother to leave. Her grandparents love and adore her,
but the questions and hurt remain. And it doesn't help that her mother,
Cloud, will occasionally sweep back in to her life as if trying to pick up
where she left off, only to eventually abandon her once again. Kate, on the
other hand, has a wonderful, stable home life with a family that loves her
unconditionally. It's a great life, but still it seems to Kate that
something is missing. She, like Tully, doesn't have any close friends, and
at fourteen that's a tough road to travel. So when Tully and Cloud move into
the house across the street from Kate's family it's like a sign from above,
and the world will never be the same again.
Follow Tully and Kate from childhood to adulthood, as these best friends go
through life both for themselves and as a team. Firefly Lane
encompasses more than thirty years of friendship. And as we all know, even
the best friendships have their bad days. You will laugh. You will cry. (I
mean it, you will bawl. So be sure to stock up on tissues before you settle
in.) But the one thing you won't do is regret starting this amazing book.
Readers will be uncontrollably hooked from the first page of Kristin
Hannah's latest release. Firefly Lane is a moving and poignant story
of love, friendship, and everything in between. A genuine classic in the
making if ever there was one.
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