Once, a long time ago, 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. . . .

Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate---to be there for Kate's children---but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people.

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.

Dorothy Hart---the woman who once called herself Cloud---is at the center of Tully's tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter's side at a time when Tully is most alone. At long last, Dorothy must face her darkest fear: Only by revealing the ugly secrets of her past can she hope to become the mother her daughter needs.

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.

An emotionally complex, heart-wrenching novel about love, motherhood, loss, and new beginnings, Fly Away reminds us that where there is life, there is hope, and where there is love, there is forgiveness. Told with her trademark powerful storytelling and illuminating prose, Kristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.

Reader Reviews

Jenna Cantino

(4/5)

Nov 21, 2024

First I want to thank Goodreads for selecting me as a winner of an advance reader's copy of Fly Away. Winning and getting to read a Kristin Hannah book before it has been released really made my year!With that said.... it wasn't my favorite. I hate to even say that because I love Kristin Hannah's books so much, especially Firefly Lane. Firefly Lane was the very first book I read by her. To be honest, I only picked up because I really liked the cover. Who knew that I would fall in love with her s...

Dee Handley

(2/5)

I generally like Kristin Hannah's books... Fly Away annoyed me & took me forever to read! I felt like I was reading the same paragraphs over & over. This book is a sequel to Firefly Lane. I think Kristin Hannah was wrote this book backwards making sure the readers that didn't read the first book knew everything. It picked up in the last few chapters.

Nan Williams

(1/5)

I've thoroughly enjoyed Kristin Hannah's books in the past and have loved her characters. I loved Tully and Kate in Firefly Lane and rejoiced with them when they overcame the circumstances of their very unfortunate childhoods.This book is a slap in the face to their successes. In the beginning of this book, you have Kate reaching out to Tully to make amends for whatever caused a 2 year rift in their 3 decade old friendship. Additionally, Kate is pictured as the ultimate loving mom who is most co...

Darla

(3/5)

I'll always be with you. Whenever you hear our music or laugh so hard you cry. I'll be there. When you close your eyes at night and remember, I'll be there. Always.Kate is gone. Will everyone she left behind follow her wishes? Will they help each other to pick up the pieces and move on with their lives? I was looking forward to this book. When we meet Kate and Tully in the first book, they are bound together by their shared experiences. The playlist of their lives is a joyful reminder. In the se...

Gigi Ann

304

I don't know where to began...Kristen Hannah is one of my favorite authors, and I've read many of her books (Firefly Lane included) being one of them and I liked most of her books I've read over the years. I read so many 5 star reviews of people who loved this book "Fly Away" that I couldn't wait to read it. After I started reading this book I had to make myself continue to read it. It just didn't draw me into the story. I realized if I didn't keep reading I would never pick it up again and fini...

Taury

(5/5)

You need a box of Kleenex if you read this. There alot of thoughts roaming through my head. Book is deep. Very deep. First, sit back, close your eyes and think of all you are thankful for. Then think of those you are closest with but no longer speaking to. Or angry with. Then think if they were no longer alive. How would you feel. Let go of your pride. Humble yourself and puck up the phone and say hello. Life is short. We do not know when our time will be up. Love, forgiveness, it all starts wit...

PacaLipstick Gramma

Sometimes there should not be sequels to books. This was one of them.What did I like about the book? It finally ended! Maybe a little that Cloud aka Dorothy had some redemption.The first 300 pages just dragged on and on and on and forever. Finally, a real story was beginning to take shape. I was getting so frustrated with the story that I wanted to just quit. How many times can we go back and forth about how Tully was so unloved, that Marah was a brat, that Tully missed Kate, that she was unlove...

DeAnn

4 grief starsI recently re-read Firefly Lane and watched the Netflix series so I had to read this one! These two books present a great story and both brought me to tears.This one is more about Marah and Tully and we get to learn all about Tully's mom Cloud, now going by Dorothy again. Grief really does a number on us and there is no easy way to get through it. This book shows how one woman's death really changes everyone around her.I'm definitely a fan of Kristin Hannah and there are still a few...

PinkAmy loves books, cats and naps

I purchased an ARC copy of this book on eBay.If I could give this book 6 out of 5 stars, I would.This sequel to FIREFLY LANE exceeds the original story of TullyandKate. I read the book in one sitting, accidentally. I wanted to stretch my reading time out for days, but couldn't do it. I encourage readers to peruse FIREFLY LANE before beginning this book, although FLY AWAY is also a stand alone novel. The story begins four years after Kate's death from breast cancer. Told primarily from Tully's PO...

miss♥k

132

Pure emotional torture !!! That about sums it up.. Firefly Lane is one of my favorite books and I couldn't wait to get my hands on Fly Away, I mean to hear from Tully and Mara and Cloud again. Amazing right? No!! The first quarter of the book describes and stretches every agonizing detail the moments after Kate's death. It revisits, and revisits, and revisits, the first book exhaustingly. I understand, this was maybe made to be a stand alone book. But give me a break. What about the rest of us f...

Amy

Fire Fly Lane is one of my favorite books. Kate and Tully had an epic friendship between two completely different young women that lasted a lifetime. After the first book I had so many questions about Tully and her Mother Cloud. There were several places in the first book that eluded to a story line to explain how Cloud could leave her own daughter. I was so pleased with the detail and depth that Kristin Hannah used in this book to reveal the True Cloud...a.k.a. Dorothy. I wondered how Kate's fa...

Darinda

After a tragic accident, the lives of three women are brought together. They have each made decisions in the past that put their lives in misguided directions. As they experience tragedy, they each have the opportunity for redemption.Tully is at a loss after her best friend, Kate, dies. She promised Kate she would be there for her children, but falls short with that promise. Marah is Kate's teenage daughter. With her mother gone, Marah's life starts floundering and she needs someone to love her

Fred Shaw

Sometimes when I finish a book i feel so many emotions that I don’t know where to start a review. This is a story of 2 families who struggle at the loss of Kate to cancer: Johnny her husband, Mara, Lucas and Will her children, her parents and Tully, her BFF. Kate was the center of their world and the author artfully tells of their journeys of how each learned to live with their loss. It is a powerful and emotional novel and worth the read.

Britany

Fly Away takes us back to Firefly Lane, a book that I found relatable, but not as profound as many others. Best friends, TullyandKate, meet on a dark night and quickly become closer than sisters, until Kate gets cancer and leaves her best friend, Tully to take care of her family.Fly Away picks up after Kate has passed on, and it seems that everyone has taken a turn for the worse. Kate has left behind a grieving husband, Johnny, and 3 children, sully Marah and twin boys Will and Lucas. Tully can'...

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