It started out as a typical Saturday night. And by typical, I don’t mean normal in any mainstream American way. There was no grilling out with the neighbors or going to the movies or doing any of the things I did as a kid. It was simply typical for what we’d become since Kirk sold his software company, and we went from comfortable to wealthy. Very wealthy.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1 )

Importance: In this opening quote, Nina tells her reader how wealthy her family is and how different her lifestyle is from the way she was raised. She describes how her life has gone from grilling out and watching movies to attending formal galas honoring herself and her husband for their charitable contributions.

A fourth-generation silver-spoon Nashvillian, my husband grew up ensconced in a private-school, country-club world, so he’d had some practice at being a snob, even back when his money was...
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)