Fly Away
Ratings10
Average rating4.3
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Ratings10
Average rating4.3
A follow-up to "Firefly Lane" returns readers to the world of Tully, Kate, and Tully's mother, who explore their understandings about love, family, loss, and redemption while turning to each other in the hopes of salvaging their lives.
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Welp! I skimmed a few of the 1- and 2-star reviews, surprised there are so many. Not a lot, but enough to know that I'm something of an odd duck to think that this is perhaps better than Firefly Lane. Fly Away is not a shiny happy story. It's gut-wrenching, but it feels ... real. In the aftermath of a loved one's passing, we feel in excruciating detail and depth just how much the departed soul meant to the people in her life. One by one, we see them fall apart without her and fail each other in the process. The narrative jumps around quite a bit, both in time and perspective, but it works. There is heartbreak after heartbreak, but there is also healing, there is also redemption. And in the end, there is love. Always.
This book helped me understand some of the issues my brother had in the past, back when we were both too young to understand or support each-other.
I thought it was a great way to finish of the story of Tully and Kate. It did give you background on Tully's mum which was good. It was hard to read about Marah and the cutting. I am glad she got rid off her loser boyfriend in the end.
