Fly Away

Once,a long time agoI walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Laneall aloneon the worst night of my lifeand 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 enddon’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 lifea woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friendKate Ryandies. 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 fatherJohnnystrives to hold the family togetherbut even with his best effortsMarah 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 dangerousshadowy world. Dorothy Hart—the woman who once called herself Cloud—is at the center of Tully’s tragic past. She repeatedly abandoned her daughterTullyas a childbut now she comes backdrawn to her daughter’s side at a time when Tully is most alone. At long lastDorothy 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 singletragic choice and a middle-of-the-night phone call will bring these women together and set them on a poignantpowerful journey of redemption. Each has lost her wayand they will need each one another—and maybe a miracle—to transform their lives. An emotionally complexheart-wrenching novel about lovemotherhoodlossand new beginningsFly Away reminds us that where there is lifethere is hopeand where there is lovethere is forgiveness. Told with her trademark powerful storytelling and illuminating proseKristin Hannah reveals why she is one of the most beloved writers of our day.