The Darlings is a family drama set on Cape Cod told from the perspective of three generations of women. Andi is a newly single mother, finally divorced after many years in a less than ideal marriage. Andi and her siblings are back on the Cape at the family home, Riptide, for a (mandatory) vacation before the youngest sibling, Sydney, gets married in a few weeks. 

When they all arrive at Riptide, Tish Darling- the 92 year old grandmother, arrives and takes them all by surprise with her presence and a truth the three children had never suspected. 

We journey through the processing of this dramatic secret with chapters from Andi, Tish, and Cora. By the middle of the book, I felt connected to each of them. They are all flawed but relatable women with various degrees of trauma that informed their pivotal life decisions. 

I flew through this book in one weekend on the Cape. I think it's a perfect beach read if you like a family drama, it was a heavy story but not inordinately so and the characters were well developed and believable. My only small gripes were with some of the trite dialogue choices that took me out of the story at some moments. Overall, this was a great book and I'll read from the author again.