Firefly Lane (2008) (edit title/settings)

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• Kate Mularkey: Tully's best friend
• Tallulah "Tully" Hart: Kate's best friend, and god mother to Kate's childern
• Johnny Ryan: Had a crush on Tully, married Kate
• Marah Ryan: Kate and Johnny's daughter and the oldest child of the bunch.
• Lucas Ryan: One of Kate and Johnny's twin sons.
• Dorothy / Cloud: Tully's estranged, drug addict mother
• Chad Wiley: Tully flame from college
• Margie Mularkey: Kate's mother.
• Edna Guber: TV journalist. Mentor to Tully when she starts working in New York for the larger news programs
• William Faulkner: One of Kate and Johnny's twins
• Mutt: Camera man and co-worker at local TV news affiliate station
• Grandma: Guardian of Tully as a small child
• Neal Stewart: Add a description of this character.
• Ima
• Mr. McAdams
• George Davison
• Ashley
• Mrs. McAdams
• Jenny
• Tom Koby
• Dr. Marcia Silver
• Mike Hurtt
• Dorothy Hart: AKA Cloud. Tully's drug addict mother
• Mrs. Mularkey: Katie's mom.
• Emily Allen: Marah's friend
• Dr. Wesley Tillman
• Sean: Katie's little brother
• Georgia: Katie's aunt. Battled cancer when Kate was young. Started the family tradition of the "Girlfriend Hour"
• Maury Stein
• Bryant
• Dan Myers
• Jean Enersen: Reporter during Tully's youth that she dreams of becoming or surpassing
• Ted Frumm
• Gabe Linklater
• Pat: Boy that rapes Tully at a high school party
• Ellen
• Grant: Long time sex partner of Tully. No commitment, just fun
• Ralph
• Miss Parker
• Diane Sawyer
• Fred Rorbach
• Mr. Mularkey: Katie's dad
• Carol
• Edmond
• Marah: Daughter of Katie. Is always the love of Kate's life, but also a cause of much strife, especially during Marah's teenage years.
• Josh
• Brandt Hanover
• Dr. Schmidt
• Mrs. John Ryan
• Aunt Eva
• Ryan O'Neal

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• “"So help me God, if you mention breathing again I'm going to take you down. I want drugs---"”

  Kate Mularkey, chapter 19, page 229, spoken during labor.

• “The music might have changed with the decades, but the promises made on Firefly Lane remained. Best friends forever." p.g 2”

  Narrarator

• “Love is the ultimate high" p.g 7”

  Dorothy Hart

• “Who your mom is and how she lives her life isn't a reflection of you" p.g 54”

  Marge Mularkey

• “Sometimes being a good friends means saying nothing" p.g 119”

  Margie Mularkey

• “Guys would come and go, girlfriends were forever" P.g 120”

  Kate Mularkey

• “I did not say that faith was easy; merely that it was necessary" p.g 268”

  Doctor

• “That was the thing about best friends. Like sisters and mothers, they could piss you off and make you cry and break your heart, but in the end, when the chips were down, they were there, making you laugh even in your darkest hours" P.g 273”

  Kate Mularkey

• “What good did it do to light the world on fire if she had to watch the glow alone?" p.g 321”

  Tully Hart

• “She knew, too, that love didn't evaporate. It faded, perhaps, lost it's weight like bones left out in the sun but it didn't go away" pg 319”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Seattle
• New York
• Reporterin
• Sofa
• Essen
• Tennessee
• Snohomish
• Sind
• Yelm
• Manhattan
• Liegestuhl
• Bainbridge Island
• Traurigkeit
• Unterton
• Beifahrersitz
• Pilchuck River

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Love and Friendship: The theme in this book is Love and Friendship. The different kinds of love, between friends, between married couples, and between parents and children.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kristin Hannah (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Not book for kids under the age of 17-18 There is alot of language in the book and a few Sex scenes.. i would not recommend for the younger ones tho for YA 17-18+ Is ok!

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Friendship
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Kristin Hannah: Author's website