Red Hook Road by Ayelet Waldman

Just finished this book. I enjoyed it very much. Seems like the reading was a little slow at the beginning but it picked up midway through the book. The story, set in Maine, begins at the wedding of Rebecca and John. Rebecca is from one of the summer families and John is a native of the place. Awkward to say the least. While the wedding party is finishing the photography follwing the ceremony, the towns people gather at the Grange Hall for the reception. The bride and groom are very much delayed, making all the attendees suppose where they might be. When the door finally opens, it is the police, looking for the families of Rebecca and John, to inform them that both were killed in an accident while on their way to the reception. The rest of the book is about the relationships within the families. Jane, the groom's mother sinks into depression, as do most of the others in the story. There is disagreement about the funeral, the families forgetting that the two were married and should be buried together. The rest of the story is about how the characters deal with the tragedy and how the family relationships fall apart.