shorebirds family members (parents, siblings both older and younger, cousins on her dad's side), one or two roommates, a best friend or two, employees at her bookstore, bookstore regulars, her big ex and the drama-filled ex, a terrible tinder date turned friend, other tinder dates, someone who hosts a book club at her store, artists who sell work at her store, authors and writers and someone to help me figure out where she lives and grew up.