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Aleea cu licurici

(Firefly Lane #1)

Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author)

4.06 · Rating details · 155,156 ratings · 12,510 reviews

In vara agitata a anului 1974, Kate Mularkey pare ca s-a impacat cu faptul ca viata nu are sa-i ofere nimic special. Dar, spre uimirea sa, „cea mai grozava fata din lume“ se muta pe strada ei si vrea sa-i fie prietena. Tully Hart pare sa aiba totul: frumusete, inteligenta, ambitie. La prima vedere, cele doua fete sunt cat se poate de diferite: Kate, condamnata sa fie vesni ...more

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Feb 01, 2008 Cleo Maranski rated it did not like it · review of another edition

This book was such a disappointment. The characters were completely one dimensional and not at all interesting. The storyline was filled with cliches from every bad Lifetime movie. About three quarters of the way through, I somehow knew how it would end (because it was the one cliche that hadn't been hit yet). The book itself is primarily dialouge and not good one at that. Avoid.

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Jan 04, 2018 Crumb rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anyone, absolutely anyone.

Shelves: best-books-ever

Oh.My.God. This book deserves more than five stars, in fact, it deserves every single star in the sky. This book was phenomenal. It tugged at my heart strings in the best of ways. I laughed and I cried.. Oh, how I cried.
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This book is about friendship. Although, in my opinion, the word “friendship” doesn’t seem like a big enough word to encapsulate their relationship. They were simply: TullyandKate. Best friends forever.
This b ...more

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May 12, 2009 Andrea rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit

Hmm... well, I've never read "Beaches" (the book many reviewers compared this to) and I'm pretty sure I won't now. Firefly Lane was... meh. Two girls stay "best friends" through four decades and widely divergent paths. Only thing is, emotionally, they stay girls. They never really become women, never break their stupid patterns (and they really are stupid), never evolve.

The characters are 2-dimensional at best: Kate is spineless and weak, Tully is narcissistic and bitchy.

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Jan 20, 2017 Pouting Always rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was the first Kristen Hannah book I read and it's about two girls who become friends in middle school in the 70's and it follows them through their lives. I really enjoyed the writing, I think Hannah is really good at telling stories because I kept wanting to read on. The characters were all complex and made the book feel real. The ending was not that great though and I can agree that some of the plot was derivative but I don't think there's anything wrong with using things in your book tha ...more

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Mar 21, 2016 Elyse Walters rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Read years ago when the book was released!
Read Stephanie's review...it's beautiful!!!

I was deeply moved - surprised I liked it so much ---mailed it to my sister. She loved it just as much.
I immediately read one more book, by Kristen Hannah...but when it didn't 'wow' me..
I didn't continuing reading more of Hannah's books - but FIREFLY...has a very authentic feeling to it - not pushed - not overly schmaltzy.

Sincerely touching!

Read Stephanie's great review!!!

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Jul 17, 2018 Heather rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literary-fiction

4.75/5

I think I'm going to have to limit myself to 2 Kristin Hannah books a year because her books EMOTIONALLY WRECK ME.
This is the 3rd book I've read by her and the 3rd book to make me sob.

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Apr 30, 2008 Holli rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I really and truly thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Thank you very much Lisa for letting me borrow this! What a great book. It began the year I was born and ended in present day and followed the lives of two best friends named Tully and Kate. I loved reliving the 70's and 80's and 90's with them, all of the pop culture references made this a fun journey. The book is much more than just pop culture though as it follows two young girls who grow into wonderful women with very different personalities. ...more

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Feb 07, 2017 Theresa Alan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I enjoyed this novel about two girlfriends spanning from the ‘70s to the early 2000s. It alternates points of view between Kate who, when the novel opens, is 14 years old and closely watched by her mother. Tully, on the other hand, has been abandoned by her drug-addict mother and moves in across the street with her grandmother. Tully is rebellious and ambitious, and Kate longs to be cool like her. Kate is stunned when Tully becomes her best friend, and their friendship lasts 30 years.

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Mar 21, 2016 Brina rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Chick lit is not my thing. If I feel the need to clear my head after reading a deeper book, I'll pick up a mystery, or maybe a middle grades kids book. Yet I had seen two friends, Elyse and Stephanie, write poignant reviews about Firefly Lane, so I let my curiosity get the better of me, and picked it up.

Firefly Lane is about the 30 year friendship of Kate Mularkey Ryan and Tully Hart. These two girls were brought together at age 14 when they were so vulnerable and needed a friend to help them t Chick lit is not my thing. If I feel the need to clear my head after reading a deeper book, I'll pick up a mystery, or maybe a middle grades kids book. Yet I had seen two friends, Elyse and Stephanie, write poignant reviews about Firefly Lane, so I let my curiosity get the better of me, and picked it up.

Firefly Lane is about the 30 year friendship of Kate Mularkey Ryan and Tully Hart. These two girls were brought together at age 14 when they were so vulnerable and needed a friend to help them through the turbulent teen years. The book follows their life journey and included myriad references to the pop culture, news events, and music of the times. Even though the book is nearly 500 pages long, it read quickly because I allowed myself to get emotionally involved in the characters, so of course I could not put the book down.
Kate Mularkey is the serious one. Coming from a stable family, her one desire is to find true love. Tully Hart had been abandoned by her drug addict mother too many times to recall and eventually moved in with the Mularkey family. The last thing she knew about was love, and her only desire was to be a news woman at a time when women were finally beginning to break the glass ceiling. Being the novel that it is, Tully shatters that glass ceiling forgoing family life for stardom while Kate marries Johnny her former boss and settles into not so blissful life as an at-home mom. Yet through thick and thin, the women remained best friends.
What I liked about this book was the musical references, the strength of love between Kate and Johnny, and the layers to Tully's character. I also liked being reminded of a simpler time before computers and Internet and social media where kids could stay out late and parents did not need to worry much about where their kids were. After reading this, I realize why I do not read much chick lit: my life like Kate's is that of a busy at-home mom and I don't have the time to get too emotionally involved in the books that I read. As poignant as this story is, I am happier with my mysteries and detective novels.

I noticed that Kristin Hannah wrote a sequel that I am interested in reading as well as The Nightingale which brought her many accolades. I recommend this to those looking for a read about friendship, and perhaps those people who enjoy the chick lit genre more than I do will enjoy it even more than I did.

2.75-3 stars. Book served its purpose as a filler. ...more

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Mar 12, 2017 Alice Kellen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favoritos

Hacía muchísimos meses que no leía una novela que me llegase así y me ha dejado tan tocada que no sé ni qué decir. Tiene 600 páginas y yo me he pasado unas 500 llorando y con el corazón encogido. No me gusta nada desvelar detalles (siempre creo que con la sinopsis es más que suficiente y, en ocasiones, incluso demasiado), así que solo diré que "El baile de las luciérnagas" es la historia de dos amigas, Kate y Tully, durante más de tres décadas; a través de ambas conocemos el amor, los sueños, la ...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Megs ♥ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-books, z2013-reads

Wow. Another emotional sucker punch book by Kristin Hannah. If you are in the mood for a tear jerker she truly never disappoints.

I wanted to read this one for a while, but only actually read it in anticipation of the next part, "Fly Away" being released soon. Also, I follow Kristin on Facebook, and this seems to be the book that all of her fans adore the most. I can see why.

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Aug 10, 2017 Hippie Chick rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: feminism, friendship, romantic, women-s-fiction

I finished this book in the beginning of January and I'm finally writing the review now. First, I was sick but even when I felt better I kept putting it off. Time to write the review of a book that I didn't expect to even like that much, but ended up loving.
Firefly Lane is the first book that I've read by Kristin Hannah. You may well ask what rock I've been living under? I do not read "chick-lit" she said in a condescending manner and this book sounded like that's what it would be. I still can't I finished this book in the beginning of January and I'm finally writing the review now. First, I was sick but even when I felt better I kept putting it off. Time to write the review of a book that I didn't expect to even like that much, but ended up loving.
Firefly Lane is the first book that I've read by Kristin Hannah. You may well ask what rock I've been living under? I do not read "chick-lit" she said in a condescending manner and this book sounded like that's what it would be. I still can't honestly see a man enjoying this book but maybe I'm being sexist.
TullyandKate is what these 2 very different girls became. BFF only this was true. They went through pretty much everything together and because Tully's mom was a flower child total drug addict, Kate's mom became Tully's mom in practice if not in fact. They even went to the same college and lived together.
Tully had big dreams of being a famous news person and she had the personality to go with it. Unfortunately, she tried to make her dreams, Kate's dreams because they always did everything together, right? As it turns out Kate's dream was to be a wife and mother. So while Tully went off chasing her dream, Kate became Kate Mularky Ryan or Mrs. John Ryan. Unfortunately Kate could never be secure in Johnny's love because Tully had him and dropped him first. But Kate lived out her dream as a wife and mother while Tully became a superstar.
I cried through the last one hundred pages Partly because it hit so close to home. All the way through jr. high and high school, I had a friend like Kate only her name was Ann. While I went off to college, she got married and had kids. While I didn't become a superstar, our lives went in different directions but we remained friends. (view spoiler)
I ended up giving Firefly Lane 5 stars. Kristin Hannah is a fantastic writer. She made all her characters come to life and they still live in my heart. I am looking forward to reading the sequel, Fly Away.
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Aug 09, 2008 Carolyn rated it did not like it · review of another edition

(audiobook version) I read this at the insistence of a friend. I had a feeling I wouldn’t like it very much; even though she’s a friend we have some very different taste in books. She went on and on and on about how good it was, but it was only so-so for me, as expected. Firefly Lane tells the story of two girls who become best friends at age 14. It follows them for over 30 years, from the 1970s into the 2000s. The book doesn’t break any new ground, really. For instance, did you know that being (audiobook version) I read this at the insistence of a friend. I had a feeling I wouldn’t like it very much; even though she’s a friend we have some very different taste in books. She went on and on and on about how good it was, but it was only so-so for me, as expected. Firefly Lane tells the story of two girls who become best friends at age 14. It follows them for over 30 years, from the 1970s into the 2000s. The book doesn’t break any new ground, really. For instance, did you know that being rich and famous doesn’t guarantee happiness? How about this: Putting your career above all else might ensure that you end up being lonely because you don’t make time in your life for LOVE! Here’s a revelation: Sometimes stay-at-home moms get overwhelmed and depressed. Oh, and I also learned that teenage daughters oftentimes don’t get along with their mothers! The book wasn’t offensive, but it was nothing special.

The blurb says there is a betrayal in the story. At least I didn’t guess what it was; that was one part that wasn’t predictable. It was totally unbelievable, though. I wouldn’t accept in a million years that one of the women does what she does to her best friend in the whole wide world. It did not work for me at all.

At times I felt assaulted by the information the author used to set the time and place. It’s like she had a checklist and had to mention a certain number of phrases, events, clothing styles, etc, from different time periods. Yes, we understand that time is passing. Yes, we get it that now it’s 1974, or 1982, or whatever. Stop hitting me over the head with your historical references. It seemed really forced, awkward, and out of place at times. One part of the story turns into a mini public service announcement. It was kind of jarring. I understand from the author’s notes that a certain cause is important to her, but the preaching seemed kind of out of place.

I wonder if my sister A would like this book, only because the main characters were born the same year she was, and one of them really liked JRR Tolkien as a teen, as did A. I couldn't really recommend it to anyone else.
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Oct 03, 2010 Jan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, chick-lit

I cried so much throughout the last 20 or so pages of this book that my husband became genuinely concerned for my well-being. The conversation went pretty much like this:

Me: /trying not to sound like I'm crying
Him: "Are you ok?"
Me: "Yes, I'm fine."
Him: "Are you sure?"
Me: "Yes, it's just sad."

5 minutes later...
Him: "Are you sure you're ok?"
Me: "Yes! Leave me alone!"
Him: "It's just that you're crying really hard."
Me: "I know. I'm just a big sap."

5 minutes later...
Him: "Are you going to be all righ ...more

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May 03, 2009 Karen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. We are reading this book in my book club. I listened to it on audio book. It is the story of Kate and Tully who meet as teenagers and then remain friends for 30 years. They are bff's and it is the story of friendship between two women and a betrayal that almost destroyed it. A few CD's into this I asked another lady in the club "Where is this going? How will she fill 15 CD's with this story?" I kept waiting for the big betrayal / twist at the end. So, I couldn't stop listening.

The story however We are reading this book in my book club. I listened to it on audio book. It is the story of Kate and Tully who meet as teenagers and then remain friends for 30 years. They are bff's and it is the story of friendship between two women and a betrayal that almost destroyed it. A few CD's into this I asked another lady in the club "Where is this going? How will she fill 15 CD's with this story?" I kept waiting for the big betrayal / twist at the end. So, I couldn't stop listening.

The story however, was way too long for what she had to say. My favorite "girlfriend" book is Sula. And so I compared this book to it automatically, and it just doesn't come close. Sula is much shorter and much more poignant. I also felt like I was listening to the same story again when Kate's daughter was a teenager. Also, I would have killed that girl.

There were a few things in this book that did not work for me. The first thing is that it seems the author just stereotypes women. Either you are the sexy, hot working woman, or you are the frumpy housewife. In the beginning of the story Mrs. M (Kate's mom) tells the girls they can have it both. The author then seems to prove that you can't. Women have to choose between working and staying at home? Sorry, I have been a working mom for 15 years, and we can do it!

Also, Kate is always talking about all the money her best friend has but then her husband was making a lot of money as well. At one point she even says that they were almost as rich as Tully. So, why couldn't she get help with the household if she is that overwhelmed? Why couldn't she take better care of herself? My best friend is a stay at home mom, and involved in everything, with 3 little girls. And she always looks good!

The other part that didn't jive is that Mrs. M tells Tully her dad was an alcoholic, and talks about how much she hated it. Yet she herself was "making it though with alcohol". My grandfather was an alcoholic and I can tell you the kids that hate it, do not use alcohol to make it though the day. They know how much it can hurt their families.

The book had an important message about inflammatory breast cancer. I had not heard of it, and am like Kate where I do my regular exams. So that is a bit scary for all women. A powerful lesson, and makes this book worth the read.
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Nov 30, 2010 Ashley Thompson rated it did not like it · review of another edition

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Apr 19, 2011 Audrey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Mar 26, 2008 Terra rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed-for-front-street-reviews

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah is a breathtaking trip down memory lane. From 70's teens to 80's young women these two girls have more than a life time worth of memories both good and bad. The 90's usher in permanent choices and the new millineum tumbles in with, "What did I do with my life". The harsh realities of growing up aren't always kind.

Tully Hart is a product of the hippie era or as they say, "Sex, drugs and Rock & Roll". Being torn between living with her grandparents and the occasi ...more

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Aug 19, 2009 Melinda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, arc

A long, tiresome read. The 400-plus-paged novel relies on the characters' relationships to sustain the plot and reader interest, but those relationships, like the characters, are clichéd and two-dimesional and somewhat hard to believe. Also hard to believe are the personal stories of the characters — such as Tallulah Hart, who rises to success as a TV journalist, covering everything from individuals' crises to international affairs... only to host a daytime talk show called "The Girlfriend Hour" ...more

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Mar 19, 2017 La Narradora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2017, narrativa

El baile de las luciérnagas es una historia que me ha dejado con un nudo en la garganta. Mi primera historia de Kristin Hannah, aunque seguro que no será la última. Una historia contada de una manera excepcional que nos habla de temas tan importantes como la amistad, el amor, la familia, el matrimonio, la maternidad o el paso de los años. Una historia que transcurre durante treinta años de la vida de Tully y Kate. Dos chicas. Dos vidas que se cruzan un día en lugar llamado Firefly Lane. Y una no ...more

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Mar 15, 2018 Kathleen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, historical-fiction, fiction, read-in-2018

Highly recommend the audio version of this novel. Susan Erickson is an excellent narrator! She brings the story alive!

In the summer of 1974, fourteen-year-old Kate Mularkey spends her time with her horse or with her nose in a book. 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 lovi Highly recommend the audio version of this novel. Susan Erickson is an excellent narrator! She brings the story alive!

In the summer of 1974, fourteen-year-old Kate Mularkey spends her time with her horse or with her nose in a book. 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 novel. Spanning more than three decades, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the mainstay of their lives.

***********SPOILER ALERT***********
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. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success…and loneliness.

All Kate 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 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. 5***** ...more

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Jun 30, 2010 Tina "IRead2Escape" rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: makes-me-think, made-me-cry, kindle-lendable

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Mar 10, 2011 Virginia Hill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook-kindle, fiction, read-2011, beyond-amazing, made-me-cry

Nothing I read about Firefly Lane could have prepared me for the moving story of Tully and Kate. Sure, I've read other books that were emotionally charged and brought me to tears. Several of them were also written by Kristin Hannah. She's a genius at writing human stories that make it impossible not to feel the emotions right along with her characters. This one though...this is an immeasurably touching depiction of family love & strife, career choices, and undying friendship. I haven't read ...more

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Feb 06, 2017 Selma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I ovoj knjizi od Kristi Hannah dajem pet iako se često pitam zašto mi treba da čitam njene knjige. Još jedna u nizu divno napisanih priča, sad mogu reći da sam pročitala sve koje su prevedene kod nas i nijedna nije bila loša, ali svaki put sam u nekom grču čekajući kraj i znam da nisam jedina koja se tako osjeća.
U isto vrijeme sam i ljuta i tužna... bura nekih čudnih emocija u meni. Zaista preporučujem ali nije bilo jednostavno završiti, čekala sam rasplet a u isto vrijeme molila u sebi da bude ...more

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Feb 11, 2010 Lisa rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: people who want to use it for kindling

Shelves: fiction, i-hated-this-book

I read this dreadful book so that you don't have to.

Imagine that you are in a beginning fiction-writing class. Imagine that the instructor teaches you that good writing is in the details - that there is a difference between a character that "has a cup of coffee" and one who "sips hours-old diner coffee from a chipped mug that once, long ago, was white." Imagine that, after this lecture, your first clumsy effort at writing a story causes you to attempt to pack in every imaginable detail that spr I read this dreadful book so that you don't have to.

Imagine that you are in a beginning fiction-writing class. Imagine that the instructor teaches you that good writing is in the details - that there is a difference between a character that "has a cup of coffee" and one who "sips hours-old diner coffee from a chipped mug that once, long ago, was white." Imagine that, after this lecture, your first clumsy effort at writing a story causes you to attempt to pack in every imaginable detail that springs into your mind.

That is what this book is like. Just a few pages into this, the author throws describes a girl "building a Lincoln Log Cabin for her Liddle Kiddles, who were asleep on tiny pink Kleenexes. If she were in her bedroom, she would have a Jackson Five forty-five in her Close 'N Play." Okay, we get it. It's the 1970s. Throughout the novel, the author takes every possible opportunity to throw in as many details as possible to, I suppose, establish the time period. She's wearing big shoulder pads! Because - get it? - it's the 1980s!

But it is not simply the clumsy writing style. It is also the trite, cliched characters in a trite, cliched story, using trite, cliched dialogue that no one would ever use in real life. Kate and Tully become friends in junior high and have a friendship that spans the decades. Kate is shy and reserved, while Tully is outgoing and popular. Kate aspires to be nothing more than a housewife, while Tully wants to be a famous news reporter. Something Bad happens, and I won't tell you what, but if you suspect that Tully could fly higher than an eagle because Kate was the wind beneath her wings, you might be on the right track.

Trite and cliched need not be bad. After all, I read and enjoy chick lit. Even mediocre chick lit. But here, to add insult to injury, the book's editor missed several typos (or doesn't understand basic grammar). I probably missed two-thirds of them because I was trying to read this book fast and just get it over with already. Bad editing like:
-"By eighth grade, she was one of the most popular girl in junior high." (p. 14)
-"'We don't have an internship program here.' 'That what your letters said.'" (p. 125)

I disliked this book so much that, not only will I never read another book by this author, but now I hope never to read a book by anyone who provided a blurb of praise for this novel. I disliked this book so much that it made me angry with Goodreads, because as I was reading this novel, Goodreads gave me a recommendation for some other novel by Kristin Hannah.

And I felt bad for disliking this book, because the author notes in a postscript how this novel was such a personal journey for her, how it's the "most personal of [her:] novels," and how her now-deceased mother inspired her to write it. I wish I had enjoyed it. I wish the characters had been at least a little identifiable, instead of insufferable. I wish I could have cared, at least a little. But then I see that Hannah has written 15 other books, and so I can't cut her any slack. She should know how to write by now.

Dreadful.
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Jan 06, 2016 Tania rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: bookclub, fiction

Friendships were like marriages in that way. Routines and patterns were poured early and hardened like cement.

I did not like the first quarter of this book, I could not connect to the teenagers, and it felt like very similar personalities to the ones in Night road. Although I enjoyed the middle of the book more, I did not like Tully - according to me she is not best friend material, everything is her way or the highway.
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Feb 26, 2008 Beth rated it liked it · review of another edition

Although I feel that the plot is somewhat formulaic (and there were parts that reminded me of the movie Beaches), the story is well-written and entertaining. I found I had trouble putting the book down, and when I wasn't reading it, I found myself thinking about the story. In one sense, I feel that the plot is a little bit predictable, but I didn't find myself minding it because the story itself and the way it's written is so engaging. It just makes you want to continue reading. A good read.

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Dec 26, 2013 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: four-star

This was a lovely heartfelt story of two girls who meet in sad circumstances and find the most unlikely of friend. Beginning in 1970s Washington state, the story follows them as they grow from angsty teenagers into young women and beyond, through careers and failed relationships, children and more.

Tully and Kate are an unlikely duo, each perfectly imperfect, but somehow they cannot function without each other. One is callously ambitious, the other is more subdued. They fight, they fall out, but ...more

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Jul 29, 2008 Jennifer Currey rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: adult

This book was recommended to me and I took one look at the size and thought "there are like 15 books on my shelf right now that I want to read" but against my better judgement, read it and LOVED IT! By far, the best friendship book I have ever read. Each of my closest girl friends are getting a copy for Christmas. THIS IS A MUST READ!

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Mar 11, 2015 ✨Susan✨ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, prequel, sickness

This was a great time period story, that took me back with all of the references to cloths, songs and sayings. An unlikely friendship is created when two girls are thrown together through geography and timing. Throughout their lives it becomes clear that one is a taker and one is a giver, yet somehow this becomes a complete recipe for a lifetime bond that is quite complicated but enduring.

This story truly shows how tragedies and successes shape and turn all of our lives. A 3.5 listen that was t ...more

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