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Marrying the ketchups : a novel / Jennifer Close.
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525658870 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 309 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Bereavement > Fiction. Family-owned business enterprises > Fiction. Restaurants > Fiction. Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Close | 31681010273605 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When Bud, the founder of JP Sullivanâs, drops dead, everyone in the Sullivan family finds themselves doubting all they hold dear, in this unputdownable comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried love that feeds them. - Baker & Taylor
"An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep, abiding love that feeds them all"-- - Random House, Inc.
An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried, beer-battered, cream cheese-frosted love that feeds them allâfrom the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses
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âLaugh-out-loud funny, and deeply resonant to our times. I was so happy to be in the Sullivan familyâs Chicago bar, caught in the swirl of three generations of grudges, love affairs and fraught personal decisions.â
âAnn Napolitano, best-selling author of Dear Edward
Here are the three things the Sullivan family knows to be true: the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs; historical progress is inevitable; and their grandfather, Bud, founder of JP Sullivanâs, will always make the best burgers in Oak Park. But when, over the course of three strange months, the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud drops dead, suddenly everyone in the family finds themselves doubting all they hold dear.
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Take Gretchen for example, lead singer for a â90s cover band who has been flirting with fame for a decade but is beginning to wonder if sheâs too old to be chasing a childish dream. Or Jane, Gretchenâs older sister, who is starting to suspect that her fitness-obsessed husband who hides the screen of his phone isnât always âworking late.â And then thereâs Teddy, their steadfast, unfailingly good cousin, nursing heartbreak and confusion because the guy who dumped him keeps showing up for lunch at JP Sullivanâs where Teddy is the manager. How can any of them be expected to make the right decisions when the world feels sidewaysâand the bartender at JP Sullivanâs makes such strong cocktails?
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Outrageously funny and wickedly astute, Marrying the Ketchups is a delicious confection by one of our most beloved authors.
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