But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. 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.įrom the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel.

They make a pact to be best friends forever by summer’s end they’ve become TullyandKate. Inseparable. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. 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 Hart seems to have it all-beauty, brains, ambition. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world” moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. More About Firefly Laneby Kristin Hannah:

For more information about the adaptation, Entertainment Weekly has the full scoop. The New York Times bestselling novel-turned-show will surely be a hit when it premieres on Netflix in the near future. Katherine will be playing Tully Hurt who can’t outrun the traumatic experiences of her past but is saved by her best friend Kate who brings her back to life over the course of their decades-long friendship. It was announced this week that Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lanewas picked up by Netflix for a 10-episode limited series, starring none other than Katherine Heigl.

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