Luanne Rice

Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths. (imdb)

A woman is shocked to discover her sister's outwardly charming new boyfriend is actually planning to buy their family-run waterfront restaurant and demolish it as part of a major development project.

Three generations of women live together with their husbands on a small island off the coast of Washington State. But Georgie (Holly Hunter), who lives with her grandmother, mother and sister on the island she has never left in her life, is becoming increasingly jealous of her successful husband working in Washington . She then decides to find a new life away from the island.

Three teenage girls take a vow of eternal friendship during the summer of 1985 in the beachside community of Hubbard's Point. Years later, after one of the women has passed away, her widower (Lowe) returns to the beach town with his teenage daughter (Hobbs), both seeking a connection to her life. (imdb)