Told mostly in flashbacks by Tully, Johnny, Marah and Tully’s long-estranged mother, Dorothy, aka Cloud, the story piles up disasters like the derailment of a high-speed train. BookBrowse seeks out and recommends the best in contemporary fiction and nonfiction—books that not only engage and entertain but also deepen our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. Although powerful, Cloud’s largely peripheral story deflects focus away from the main conflict, as if Hannah was loath to tackle the intractable thicket in which she mired her main characters. He also visits a sympathetic English teacher after trying on a drunken session, and when he keeps his date with Phoebe, who turns up with her suitcase to join him on his flight, he heads home to a hospital siege.

She vowed to herself she wouldn't let her insecurities run rampant again, wouldn't forget his love," she thinks. Each has lost her way, and they will need each one another - and maybe a miracle - to transform their lives.And then something momentous happens which causes each one of them to realize what they’ve done, and what they have become. The book is a sequel to “Firefly Lane” and continues the story of the lifelong friendship between Kate and Tully. Firefly Lane's central love triangle is born in the offices of KCPO-TV, the Seattle TV station where Tully gets an internship and manages to procure Kate a job, too. Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.

Readers will be reaching for tissues as they watch the characters they grew to love in Firefly Lane struggle to make peace with Kate's death and find happiness and love. 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. Johnny never gives Tully a concrete answer—instead, they slow dance together and Kate runs off, jealous once again. Her hard-drinking decline was triggered by Johnny’s anger at her for keeping Marah and Paxton’s liaison secret.

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. As she tries to help Marah, she also confronts her own past and comes to terms with the mistakes she has made. A moving read about mothers and daughters, families, friends, second chances, love, heartbreak, faith, grieving, and healing. For Holden is now being bounced from fancy prep, and, after a vicious evening with hall- and roommates, heads for New York to try to keep his latest failure from his parents. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief.