Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah

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.

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.

Thoughts - This was an epic saga.. a beautiful story of friendship between women. I related with Kate on so many levels and I have had my fair share of bright and shiny Tully's in my life. I don't want to give anything away but if you can manage a long book than I would highly recommend it. This was my first Kristin Hannah book. I have heard good things about her other books as well and have added them to my TBR list as well.. Have you read Firefly Lane? Are you a Kate or a Tully? 

I read two other books this last month. One a quick page turning thriller from James Patterson Women's Murder Club series.. and another less intriguing book The Keeper by Jessica Moor.. I almost did not finish it many times and I wish I hadn't.. I finished it over the weekend and it had no clever ending to redeem itself. Oh well.  

  

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