Firefly Lane

Kristin Hannah

出版时间

2009-01-06

ISBN

9780312537074

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

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. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . .For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test."Firefly Lane" is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. "Firefly Lane "is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

克莉丝汀·汉娜 (Kristin Hannah)

1960年9月出生于南加州,在海边堆沙堡和玩冲浪长大。曾在广告公司工作,也当过律师,而在她决定要去读法律之时,她母亲说:“但你将来注定要当作家的。”事实也证明母亲的话永远是正确的。

现在,汉娜已经是一个创作过20本书,常登上《纽约时报》等各大畅销书排行榜的一线作家,更是被贾桂林米察、伊丽莎白布臣等众多美国畅销名家一致推崇的实力作家。作品常融入亲情、爱情与家庭价值等重要的情感元素,跨越不同的读者年龄层。风格清新温暖,笔触清淡,内心描写细腻深刻,感动无数读者。代表作《萤火虫小巷》畅销30多个国家,感动数亿人!书评人称赞其为“一本描写女性友谊罕见的史诗!”“一部触动灵魂、改变女性一生的佳作”!

AI导读
核心看点
  • 跨越半个世纪的闺蜜生死羁绊
  • 家庭主妇与职场女强人的人生对照
  • 探讨女性自我实现与亲情友情
适合谁读
  • 喜爱女性成长题材的读者
  • 珍视深厚友谊的成年读者
  • 关注美国七十年代社会变迁者
读前提醒
  • 做好被结局催泪的心理准备
  • 理性看待塔莉性格中的自私面
  • 注意区分文学虚构与现实逻辑
读者共识
  • 友情描写细腻动人极具感染力
  • 部分情节套路化引发争议讨论
  • 对两位女主人生价值各有评判

本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成,不等同于全文精读。

精彩摘录
  • "可惜世界上的一切都变得太快,现在她懂了。马儿会在一夜之间衰老跛脚,朋友会在一夜之间变成陌生人。"
  • "到了一切的尽头,很高兴有你在我身边。"
  • "记住了,孩子,人生并非洗衣、煮饭、生小孩,而是要追寻自由,做自己想做的事。如果你想,你甚至可以当上他妈的美国总统。"
  • "人生中只有没做过的事会让我们遗憾。"
  • "河水朝她们的方向流淌而来,声音仿佛少女的欢笑。天地间,万籁俱寂。仿佛微风吸了一口清凉气息之后默默离去,留下她们坐在这儿。"
  • "思绪,甚至恐惧,都是缥缈无形之物,一旦说出来便会赋予实体,而那份重量能够将人压垮。"
  • "塔莉的心像拳头般紧抓住这句话,涌出一股接近痛苦的情绪。她原本以为成功就像黄金一样,值得在泥泞中辛勤寻觅,而爱则会永远在河岸上守候,等着她捞够之后上岸回头,但现在的她不懂当初自己怎么会那么想,以她童年的经历,她应该比任何人更清楚状况。倘若成就是河水中的金沙,那么爱就是钻石,藏在数百米下的地底深处,天然原貌难以看出璀璨本质,难怪当玛拉说出那句话时她竟如此感动,因为在她的生命中太少听到,“我也爱你,玛拉·萝丝。”"
  • "她从小就一直想念妈妈,不是找不到玩具的那种想的感觉,也不是朋友嫌她霸占玩具所以不来找她玩的那种。她想念妈妈,这种思念一直一直在她心中,白天时感觉像个隐隐作痛的空洞,到了夜里变成强烈的剧痛。她暗自发过誓,只要妈妈回来,她一定很乖,做个完美的女儿,无论说错或做错什么,她一定会弥补、修正。她想让妈妈以她为荣,这个心愿胜于一切。"
用户评论
一开始为了对比书中的闺蜜和自己的闺蜜而读😄 一本关于一辈子的友谊的书 两个完全不同的女人 走着完全不同的人生轨迹
青春文学,适合打发时间
Friendship always should be honest and take good care of it. Never give it a chance to ruin it so easily. Even feel too much drama at the first part but feel warm after reading the whole stroy.
平平淡淡的讲述了两个女孩的一生,最后部分有感动,但是作者写作手法太长了。中文版300页估计好点,英文版近500页。
情节比较狗血,而且“家庭主妇vs职场女强人”这种对比也太老套了,难道女性就只有“家庭美满、儿女绕膝的家庭主妇”和“事业成功、孤身一人走江湖的职场女强人”这两条路吗?很多时候都是“老公出轨、儿女不孝的家庭主妇”和“996油尽灯枯、被资本吃得骨头都不剩的中年被裁社畜”这两种情况
这样的强人只能远观不可进触
#Firefly_Lane读下去最大的动力来源于故事主干:凯蒂和塔丽两个小女孩横跨一生的友谊,百分之九十的快感来源于想到自己的小凯蒂。很奇妙的是读的时候我的凯蒂在地球对面,而故事中人物经历的美国小镇生活又因为最近在住在住家而仿佛活在故事中。不喜欢的地方:too cliche;一个个小高潮之间有些突兀;语言过于平淡;读到中后期会觉得很多冲突都有些重复,比如凯蒂不断陷入自己的生活与照料家人的矛盾之间,塔丽不断想要寻找爱,表面看来她们似乎都生活的更好了,但是两个人的友情,以及两个人的性格等方面并没有很大的转变,以至于后面的情节稍显平淡和容易预测 喜欢的地方:像一首滥俗情歌,只要歌唱的是TullyandKate我便觉得好
开篇就被浓郁的70s vibe 吸引,摇滚年代的青春期伴着平权运动 反战运动 世纪婚礼的背景,格外有劲儿。这样的友情,犹如树根一样,深扎进彼此的命运里,纠缠却共生。作者前言和后记都令人感慨,立刻听起续集了,觉得人物都是真诚的人物啊。
Friend=family. But most people are still homeless
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