Firefly Lane

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From the New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship… 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 TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.

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Loved this book,It was passed on from one sister to another and then to me.First book to make me cry in a long long time.. more..

The Waiting Child By Cindy Champnella

The Waiting Child.... I am not sure exactly when I first read this book before I rec'd my referral of my daughter. It is a true look into life in an orphanage thru the eyes of a girl abandoned at the age of two. This book is a straight thur read. I read and could not put it down,even though I knew there was a happy ending. It is a tough to handle story especially when you have a child still waiting in a Chinese orphanage.Although I was amazed at how naive about life the mom could be I know many people who are shelter from "real"life in their everyday lives.Its a good book , a great story, and a testimony to the endurung spirit of a little girl lost.

The start

I would like to start keeping a journal of my reading, both the fluff and the write stuff. Reading has been an escape from life since I was a lil bit and had my first library card when I was 3.I read on my breaks at work and usually clear a book and a half a week. I will be joining a Japanese reading challenge