 Even in the conversations where it's not being named, it's still taking place. Kennedy really wants friends, and she has two roommates, and they couldn't be more different. Peyton comes from a very moneyed family, and Tyler is relatively working class. But Tyler has a social and cultural cachet. She knows where to go, what to buy, what to do, and Kennedy is really attracted to that and would do anything to be this young person's friend. So money shows up in different areas all over this book, from