Firefly Lane is a book about two friends, they meet when they are fourteen their friendship never ends. TullyandKate (as they become known to everyone at school) do everything together. Tully is the rebel, beautiful and wild, while Kate is the bookworm with a good head on her shoulders. In a twist of fate, TullyandKate get arrested for underage drinking and Kate's parents adopt Tully. They do everything together, go to college get a job at the same TV broadcasting station and everything is looking up. Until Kate finally decides she doesn't want the dream they have chosen. In fact, it was always TULLY'S dream, never hers. She wants a family, white picket fence with a minivan and the all the cliches. Tully will never settle down, she'll never marry and she'll always be the life of the party. But what happens when Tully finds herself 40 years old and alone... Parties only make her tired, booze doesn't sit well anymore and Kate is living the good life with her husband and three kids. Will they always be "forever friends" or are they just too different?
Ok... so first off.. This book was WAY too long. It took me over two weeks to read and I just kept having a hard time. But for some reason.. everytime I put it down out of frustration, I ended up picking it up again! It was great in the beginning and so intriguing. A book many women will easily relate to as it follows two best friends from the age of 14 to well past their 40s. I often found myself frustrated with Tully's selfish ways and relating to Kate's "don't mind me" attitude. Kate often held her tongue out of love for her forever friend and ended up getting pushed aside so Tully could shine. But in the end, it all made sense and it made me realize that there is a REASON why I'm like Kate, and that it's ok. I cried so much in the last few chapters becuase of something I never saw coming.. and it all made it worth those several paragraphs I scanned over out of frustration. It's well written, and Hannah doesn't leave a detail of their lives out. So while that can get a little frustrating.. it makes you so much closer with the girls and so worth it.
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