Summary

Chapter 9 is a very brief email exchange taking place on Wednesday, September 1, 1999, in which Jennifer asked Beth to hang out that night. She said she needed a break from Mitch. Beth said she couldn't because she was going to see the new Tom Cruise movie, "Eyes Wide Shut." Jennifer and Beth traded opinions on Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts.

In Chapter 10, Lincoln and his mom bickered over a color of paint. Lincoln asked his mom if she found Tom Cruise attractive. She interpreted this to mean that Lincoln was gay. Lincoln was surprised and said he wasn't gay. This launched a discussion in which Lincoln's mom expressed some of her misgivings about Sam, Lincoln's ex-girlfriend, including that Sam was not very "womanly" or feminine. Lincoln said he was only asking about Tom Cruise because he didn't find Julia Roberts attractive and that maybe...