Summer People by Ellen Hilderbrand

Two families have had major shifts in their lives.  They were brought together by a tragedy and managed to stay together through it also.  Marcus' mother was a client of Beth's husband.  Marcus' mother ends up in jail and Beth's husband is killed in a plane crash.  Beth and her kids, Garrett and Winnie, and Marcus go to Nantucket for the summer, the annual retreat for Beth's family.  Dealing with loss, fitting in and trying to find your way after such loss was challenging for all of them.  Some mistakes were made, people were hurt, but new bonds were formed and they all came out stronger in spite of it all.  Hillderbrand does a wonderful job with character development and weaving a story.  She makes it all fit and puts situations out there that you may one day be in and tries to show the true colors of the whole thing, not just putting a pretty face on difficult situation.