The official book synopsis for Firefly Lane gives viewers a guide of what to expect from the Netflix show. We're all living some version of the same life.I'm able to explore that universal experience.' Speaking with Seattle Pi, meanwhile, the author said that her book revealed what she saw as a fundamental truth about women to her: 'I learned with Firefly Lane that women's experience is more universal than we think. Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke in 'Firefly Lane,' based on a book by author Kristin Hannah. In the same interview, the author also says that one character's (spoiler alert) battle with breast cancer is based on her mother's own experience with the disease. Both friends attend the college, with one of them majoring in communications, the same major as Hannah. Per an interview with the college magazine of Hannah's alma mater the University of Washington (UW), Hannah has called Firefly Lane, 'my UW book'-that is, her most autobiographical novel. Firefly Lane was published in 2008 by American author Kristin Hannah, and tells the story of the ambitious Tully Hart (played in the Netflix show by Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl) and her more homespun best friend Kate ( Scrubs' Sarah Chalke) as their friendship moves from the 1980s until the mid-2000s. The show also gets its name from that book. Like those two shows, Firefly Lane is also based on a book focused on two childhood best friends as they navigate 30 years of life changes. Firefly Lane is the latest Netflix drama for fans who want something new after binging their way through shows like Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias.

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