What We Keep by Elizabeth Berg

This is typical Berg.  Women - their unique emotional glue, the unique lens through which they watch the world, the memories they choose to keep.  Ginny begins her story in an airplane having been called home by her sister to try and reconnect with the mother she has not talked to or seen for 25 years.  When they were young, wild and beautiful Jasmine moved in next door with her teenaged son Wayne.  What starts as a series of friendships, becomes the driving force behind Ginny's sense of abandonment.  As one might suspect early in the story, the perceived reality is not the actual truth.  Berg's books can affect a reader as a worthwhile beach read or a real spark for discussion.  It kind of depends on your own life story.