Nina is simultaneously the most and least reliable friend from Jess’s childhood.

The first year of graduate school, Tim knocked on Jess’s door in the MIT Ashdown House dorm and asked for all the metal cans in her recycling. Why? “I’m building a tiny nuclear reactor,” said Tim. The chemistry followed from there – literally.

Sarah is Jess's older sister, which means she had the privilege of cable TV in Grafton before the Carrs "upgraded" to a farm in White Hall shortly after Jess's birth.

Marissa and Jess went from being rivals in Mr. Pitrolo’s 5th grade homeroom, to running the Dunbar Middle School office together in 6th grade.

It wasn’t coincidence but, rather, Kathryn who brought Marissa and Jess together in middle school.