St. Martin’s Press, February 5, 2008
This is one of those beefy kinds of books that you read once you get comfortable with a big cup of your favorite beverage on a lived-in sofa, or on the beach on a lazy summer day. Get ready for the sea of emotions as it takes you back to your girlhood days and your best girlfriend. In this case, it's Tully and Kate. Kate Mularkey, the unpopular lonely eight-grader who is befriended by the cool new girl, Tully Hart, who has a secret. Together as TullyandKate, their story begins in the summer of 1974 and winds its way through to 1974...
This book is about a friendship that survies 3 decades...from junior high school, moving along through the many years of their lives - 30 years to be exact. Think best friends being there for each other despite the passing years and different chosen paths. Kate with dreams of falling in love and being a housewife and mother with a simple life, and Tully who wants the glamorous life.
With characters that you will come to know and love, New York Times bestselling author of
On Mystic Lake Kristin Hannah deftly shows the complexity of relationships - be it the friendship between Tully and Kate, the mother-daughter relationship between Tully and her mother and between Kate and her own daughter.
This is a heart-warming as well as heart-wrenching story of two women with a special bond. If the description strikes a responsive chord, it's because it's a story we've heard before and we will likely hear again as it's about about love, memories, friendship and a poignant and touching slice of life. It's all familiar ground, but then again, we like that in good stories that manage to tug at our heartstrings. Oh, and bring the tissues.
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