Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the internationally bestselling story of two women and the friendship that defines their lives. This exceptional novel has struck a chord in women around the world. In a way, it is the story of all women, of who we are and what we care about and how much friendship matters. In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all-beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become Tullyand Kate. Inseparable. For thirty years, Tully and Kate are there for each other, weathering the storms of friendship— jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until an unexpected betrayal tears them apart.. and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test.