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  • Written by: Kristin Hannah
  • Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
  • Length: 17 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (619 ratings)

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Firefly Lane

Written by: Kristin Hannah
Narrated by: Susan Ericksen
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Publisher's Summary

From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship....

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.

©2008 by Kristin Hannah. (P)2007 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

What the critics say

"Susan Ericksen gives an outstanding performance of the thirty-year friendship between Kate Mularkey and Tully Hart." (AudioFile)

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Wonderful story even if you don’t have a close friend

I was uncertain about purchasing this audiobook because it is portrayed as a “girlfriend” book. I have no close, longtime friends or family. Thankfully, in the end that didn’t matter. The story flowed and the characters were well developed. I was interested in THEIR story.

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Another great book by Kristin Hannah

The narrator was fantastic, easy to listen to with just the right notes. And the story line gripped me right away, just the way I like it and as expected by all of Kristin Hannah’s novel👍🏽 5 star all the way.

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touching story but waaaaayy too long

sweet story but it took me forever to get through. I wish it was shorter and more succinct.

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BEAUTIFUL

I couldn’t put this one down. I laughed and cried as the story moved through the decades. Beautifully read by Susan Ericksen.

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Great book

I loved this audiobook. Great story. It Keeps you interested the whole time. Would definitely recommend.

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I read this twice!

My first time reading this book was when I was in my early thirties and I was single and child-free. This second time through I am married in my 40s with 4 children. I am amazed and how well this story connected with me then and now is totally different ways.

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Incredible!!

Literally one of the best books I’ve ever listened to….,this book touched my heart in ways I could have never imagined. I lost my Mom to IBC and had my own experience with cancer and amazing but sometimes turbulent friendships. I can’t believe it took me so long to find this book, but I guess the universe sends you things when you need them the most.
This is a definite must listen, you’ll experience every emotion, and love them all.

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Laughed and Cried

I watched the show before listening to the audiobook. It was wonderful in both versions but nothing ever compares to the book.

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The Book made me feel the feelings again

Haven’t feel so much since ever. Maybe Gone with the Wind did make me feel something like this but I was a young teenager then. Now 35yo woman bawling like a teenager again.

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awesome

one of the best books I've ever read, would read it again and again,

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