Firefly Lane

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains discussion of illness or death and addiction.

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. The plot of Firefly Lane takes place over three decades. Did this structure enhance or detract from your reading experience?

2. Firefly Lane is both a physical street and a metaphor throughout the novel. Compare and contrast it with significant settings in Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds where place also shapes the characters’ identities?

3. Kate and Tully represent different life paths—family focus versus career ambition. Which character’s journey resonated with you more strongly and why?

4. Firefly Lane has been adapted into a TV series starring actors Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl. How is the series similar to or different from the novel?

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

1. Kate struggles with balancing motherhood, her own identity, and her unfulfilled desire to write. What aspects of her experience mirror your own life challenges?

2. Tully searches for validation after Cloud’s abandonment. In what ways have your childhood experiences shaped your adult relationships?

3. Describe a time when you experienced the contradictory feelings of admiring and envying aspects of a close friend’s life.