Her relationship with her little sister is also important in her live, since, we are told, she's largely raising her sister by herself right now. There are Riley's relationships with the adults in her life (mother, dad, fiance) during a divorce. OK, so, there're a lot of character/relationship/plot arcs that are introduced. The story focuses on her developing relationship with the guitarist, the deteriorating situation with her family, with the two best friends' relationship with each other. At the auditions, she's clearly the best candidate, so she gets (grudgingly) chosen, but from then on it's clear that the guitarist wants her out of the band (presumably because he's sexist) and the other two bandmates hit on her. Her two best friends see all the sacrifices she is making and convince her to join a local band who's looking for a drummer but only need to practice and perform a few hours a week. Her father doesn't have custody and is apparently too wrapped up in his new fiance to be in the picture. The set up is that her mother is slipping deep into depression after the divorce, so Riley gives up her percussion scholarship to an out-of-state university in order to live at home and help with her mother and eight-year-old sister. It's told from the point of view of Riley - a new college freshman and gifted drummer who's dealing with the fallout of her parent's divorce. In the Band is a fairly good, quick read.
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