[bookshare-discuss] Re: What went wrong [bookshare-discuss
- From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:12:16 -0600
And things were going so well, but here are those pesky publisher qualities
back, with no synopses either in the new book list or once you've linked the
book. I thought that, except for one or two now and then, we'd gotten past
that.
So disapointed.
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From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/07/06 03:11:57
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Kristin Hannah submitted to step one
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> I have just submitted Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah to step one. I forgot to
> strip headers before submitting, but most scannos have been removed. Also,
> page breaks, and chapter headings have been protected. Here is the synopsis.
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> 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--combeauty, 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.
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> 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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> 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.
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> 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
> reallywants
> 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.
> . . .
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> For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the
> storms of friendship--comjealousy, 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.
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> 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--comand 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.
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> Shannon
> I am only one; but still I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do
> something. And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do the
> something I can do.
> Everet Edward Hale
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