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. ----- Original Message ----- 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 > > > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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 > 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. > . . . > > 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. > > 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. > > > 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 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.