Fly Away: The Sequel to Netflix Hit Firefly Lane

Product Information

She frowned and leaned forward, pushing the mail aside to reveal a Star magazine that lay beneath the pile. There was a small photograph of her face in the upper right corner. Not a good picture, either. Not one to be proud of. Beneath it was written a single, terrible word. Sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother's death. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Nothing and no one seems to matter to her . . . until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world.

Meanwhile, Tully is also struggling with her own problems. Her career as a talk show host is in trouble, and she is dealing with the fallout of a personal crisis. As she tries to help Marah, she also confronts her own past and comes to terms with the mistakes she has made. A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another - and maybe a miracle - to transform their lives. As Tully tries to reconnect with Kate’s family and come to terms with her own past, she must also face her own demons. Her career as a talk show host is in trouble, and her personal life is a mess. She begins to realize that she has been running away from her problems for too long and that it is time to face them head-on. Anyone who believes in true love or is simply willing to accept it as the premise of a winding tale will find this debut an emotional, satisfying read. One of the strengths of the novel is the way in which the author explores the relationships between the characters. The bond between Tully and Kate is central to the story, and their friendship is portrayed as both powerful and complicated.

Latest Posts

She was sitting in a restroom stall, slumped over, with tears drying on her cheeks. How long had she been here? She got slowly to her feet and left the bathroom, pushing her way through the theater's crowded lobby, ignoring the judgmental looks cast her way by the beautiful people drinking champagne beneath a glittering nineteenth century chandelier. The movie must be over. That said, the TV show adds in plot lines that don't exist in the book. For example, Tully's love interest, Max Brody, isn't in the book. Kate and Johnny don't file for divorce, either. Similarly, Sean, Kate's brother, has a lesser role in the novel.

When she opened her eyes again, she stared, bleary-eyed, at the pile of mail on her coffee table. Junk mail, mostly; catalogs and magazines she didn't bother to read anymore. She started to look away, but a picture snagged her attention. As her final act, Kate leaves Tully a note asking her to take care of Johnny and the kids, and to tell them stories of their friendship. "I know you'll be thinking that I left you, but it's not true. All you have to do is remember Firefly Lane, and you'll find me. There will always be a TullyandKate," she writes. Meanwhile, Marah, Kate’s teenage daughter, is struggling to cope with her mother’s death. She turns to drugs and alcohol to numb the pain, and her relationship with her father becomes strained. Tully tries to help Marah, but her own problems threaten to get in the way. Finally, he turned to her. She could tell by the look in his eyes that he knew who she was, and that small recognition seduced her. "Can I buy you a drink?"He touched her chin, a jawline caress that made her shiver. There was a boldness in touching her; no one did that anymore. "I'm Troy," he said. Kate’s daughter, sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan, is as lost in her grief as Tully is…until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world. Through the course of the novel, Tully and the rest of Kate’s family must learn to come to terms with their loss and find a way to move forward. They must also learn to forgive each other and themselves for past mistakes. Once, a long time a go, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. That was our beginning. More than thirty years ago. TullyandKate. You and me against the world. Best friends forever. But stories end, don’t they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. . . .

Return to the world of FIREFLY LANE—now a Netflix series—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah. And so, when Tully invites Kate and Marah on her successful TV show, The Girlfriend Hour, to discuss their relationship, they accept. However, on air, Tully ends up bamboozling Kate with a different segment than she expected. On camera, Tully says, "Today we're talking about overprotective mothers and the teenage daughters who hate them." She introduces a psychologist who claims that "controlling, domineering mothers" like Kate can "damage their children's fragile psyches." Hannah called Firefly Lane her most personal book, likely due to this final twist. When Hannah was in law school, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Together, they wrote her first book. “I would go to see her every day after class and somehow one day I was complaining about one of my classes. She said, ‘Don’t worry about it, you’re going to be a writer anyway,'" Hannah told The University of Washington Magazine. Hannah's mother eventually died of the disease. But there are enough similarities between both Firefly Lanes that prove Hannah's book is the spine of the show—and therefore, some of the book's darkest twists have yet to occur. “I put my characters through really terrible things. In doing that, they find out who they really are,” Hannah told The University of Washington Magazineof said twists. After eons of pining, Kate decides to end her crush on Johnny once and for all. "Kate knew how Johnny felt about Tully, how he'd always felt. He wanted a woman with passion and fire; losing Tully wouldn't make him turn to Kate. And maybe it was time for drastic measures, finally. Kate's hope had endured so much, but this—him sleeping with Tully—would be the end of it," she thinks.A violent surfacing of adolescence (which has little in common with Tarkington's earlier, broadly comic, Seventeen) has a compulsive impact. As the years go by, Kate's insecurities about Johnny's true affections continue to haunt her. At a party, Tully and Johnny (who works as her producer) even have a conversation about whether Johnny ever "got over her." Johnny never gives Tully a concrete answer—instead, they slow dance together and Kate runs off, jealous once again. Afterwards, Johnny reaffirms his love for Kate. "She vowed to herself she wouldn't let her insecurities run rampant again, wouldn't forget his love," she thinks.

A man in an expensive Italian suit sidled up beside her. He was tall and obviously fit, with blond hair that had been carefully cut and styled. Banker, probably, or corporate lawyer. Too young for her, of course. He couldn't be much past thirty-five. How long was he there, trolling for a date, looking for the best-looking woman in the room? One drink, two?

Fly Away

Even as she vowed to pass by, she found herself turning, reaching for the door, going inside. She slipped into the dark, crowded interior and headed straight for the long mahogany bar. As the story unfolds, Tully and the rest of Kate’s family must learn to come to terms with their loss and find a way to move forward. Tully, in particular, struggles with her own demons as her career as a talk show host falls apart and her personal life becomes a mess. She must learn to confront her past and face her problems head-on. Fly Away” by Kristin Hannah is a sequel to the novel “Firefly Lane” and continues the story of the lifelong friendship between Kate Mularkey and Tully Hart. In this novel, Kate has passed away, leaving behind her husband Johnny and their two children, Marah and Lucas. A single, tragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignant, powerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another--and maybe a miracle--to transform their lives. She felt a little woozy. It was nice, like being wrapped in a warm-from-the-dryer blanket. But when she came to, and saw where she was, it wasn't so nice.