Marrying the Ketchups

From the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses comes an entertaining comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family and the deep-fried, beer-battered, cream cheese-frosted love that feeds them all.

The Sullivan family is aware of three things: first, historical progress is unavoidable; second, their grandpa Bud, the creator of JP Sullivan's, will always create the finest burgers in Oak Park; and third, the Chicago Cubs will always be the underdogs. However, after three peculiar months during which the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud passes away, all of the family's beliefs are suddenly called into question.

Consider Gretchen, the lead vocalist of a cover band from the 1990s, who has been vying for attention for ten years and is starting to question if she is too old to be pursuing such a silly goal. Or Gretchen's elder sister Jane, who is beginning to worry that her exercise-obsessed husband—who conceals his phone's screen—may not always be "working late." Teddy, their dependable, always kind cousin, is also dealing with heartache and bewilderment as the man who deserted him continues turning up for lunch at JP Sullivan's, where Teddy works as manager. When everything seems upside down and the drinks at JP Sullivan's are so potent, how are any of them supposed to make the correct choices?

One of our favorite writers' delectable creations, Marrying the Ketchups is outrageously amusing and wickedly smart.