She repeatedly abandoned her daughter, Tully, as a child, but now she comes back, drawn to her daughter's side at a time when Tully is most alone. Dorothy Hart-the woman who once called herself Cloud-is at the center of Tully's tragic past. until she falls in love with a young man who makes her smile again and leads her into his dangerous, shadowy world. Nothing and no one seems to matter to her. Her father, Johnny, strives to hold the family together, but even with his best efforts, Marah becomes unreachable in her grief. Sixteen-year-old Marah Ryan is devastated by her mother's death. Tully tries to fulfill her deathbed promise to Kate-to be there for Kate's children-but Tully knows nothing about family or motherhood or taking care of people. She thinks she can overcome anything until her best friend, Kate Ryan, dies. Tully Hart has always been larger than life, a woman fueled by big dreams and driven by memories of a painful past. But stories end, don't they? You lose the people you love and you have to find a way to go on. Once, a long time ago, I walked down a night-darkened road called Firefly Lane, all alone, on the worst night of my life, and I found a kindred spirit. The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns to the characters in Firefly Lane in her next blockbuster novel, Fly Away.