Cozy Up With A Great Kristin Hannah Novel

By Mary Hill

Fly Away by Kristin Hannah. 

This is a sequel so you have to read first: Firefly Lane. I loved it so much better than the first book. The first book left me hanging and sad; so, I knew there had to be a sequel on the horizon. The books tell the story of an awesome friendship of two women, Tully and Kate. Their friendship starts on the lane where both girls lived as teenagers. They grow into young adulthood together and both enter the world of broadcast journalism. Kate is shy and becomes a mother while Tully’s career rockets her to stardom. The two remain inseparable until tragedy and misunderstandings tear them apart. 

Fly Away picks up after the tragedy and details how Tully and Kate’s family deals with her death. It is so sad to see a family and lives torn apart by grieving, but this story delves into the realistic side of loss and learning to move on. Other subplots come together in the final book. Tully’s mother abandoned her as a young child. She became a drug addict, leaving Tully to grow up motherless and fatherless. What were the forces that drove Tully’s mother to her life of addiction and can she finally overcome them? Will the two women ever find each other, and can Tully forgive herself and others for the shortcomings with which we all face, fear, and struggle? You will need a whole box of Kleenex to read this wonderful story.

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