How long does it take to read Firefly Lane?
A Novel
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah takes about 9 hours 41 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 41 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2008. 528 pages, about 145,200 words.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 8 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 41 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
The page count is the median across 34 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Firefly Lane is a historical novel by Kristin Hannah, an American author, about a lifelong female friendship. Tallulah "Tully" Hart and Kate Mularkey meet as middle schoolers on a street called Firefly Lane in Snohomish, Washington. Tully copes with a negligent, drug-addicted mother who calls herself Cloud, while Kate struggles to feel confident and find friends. The two girls become inseparable. As adults they take different paths: Kate marries and raises three children, and Tully builds a career in journalism, yet their bond endures through the ups and downs of the years.
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Subjects: Friendship in adolescence in fiction, Friendship in adolescence, Fiction, Nineteen seventies, Best friends in fiction, Female friendship
