Beach Girls/Luanne Rice/428 pp

Beach Girls is part of the  Hubbard’s Point Series that takes place in a beach community in Connecticut. When Stevie, Emma and Maddie were growing up, they called themselves the beach girls.  Friends forever.  After Emma dies, her husband and daughter come back to the area to heal from Emma's death and the betrayals it revealed. Emma's daughter, Nell, hopes by reconnecting with her mother's reclusive artist friend Stevie, she will understand her mother better. Stevie also has lost a part of herself that has been missing since she has lost touch with her old friends.

There's lots of secrets and angst but an altogether satisfying read.