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Bezig met laden... Marrying the Ketchups (2022)door Jennifer Close
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Review to come, maybe. Kept getting distracted by the author's insertion of politics. Since 2016 (and definitely since the pandemic), much of my reading has turned to fiction, give my brain a chance to escape what is being offered in the news. Though the author's political views overlap with mine, I just didn't want that element in my reading. It's the opposite of relaxing and healing and colored my opinion of the book. I do not feel I can give the writing and the story a fair rating. I had heard good things about this from my former director & a few of the library patrons. The recommendation was right on. Hits the spot. I would compare this to “Young Jane Young” A by Gabrielle Zevin. But I was more in tune with this story. Perhaps it was the time period of the story or that I am/was the same age ish at that moment in time. It was sharp, on point, well told, & funny. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML: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 all??from the best-selling author of Girls in White Dresses ??Laugh-out-loud funny, and deeply resonant to our times. I was so happy to be in the Sullivan family??s Chicago bar, caught in the swirl of three generations of grudges, love affairs and fraught personal decisions.? ??Ann 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 Sullivan??s, 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. Take Gretchen for example, lead singer for a ??90s cover band who has been flirting with fame for a decade but is beginning to wonder if she??s too old to be chasing a childish dream. Or Jane, Gretchen??s older sister, who is starting to suspect that her fitness-obsessed husband who hides the screen of his phone isn??t always ??working late.? And then there??s Teddy, their steadfast, unfailingly good cousin, nursing heartbreak and confusion because the guy who dumped him keeps showing up for lunch at JP Sullivan??s where Teddy is the manager. How can any of them be expected to make the right decisions when the world feels sideways??and the bartender at JP Sullivan??s makes such strong cocktails? Outrageously funny and wickedly astute, Marrying the Ketchups is a delicious confection by one of Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There was so much that worked for me with this book (even though I was reluctant due to under-stellar GoodReads reviews; shame on me, I know), but I’m so glad I gave it a go because it had me laughing out loud through so much of it. As someone who worked as a waitress through college, I loved the authentic restaurant atmosphere—the camaraderie and dysfunction of a full wait staff. The three primary perspectives—Jane, Gretchen, and Teddy—were all witty and relatable and complex. The family drama and political conversations also engaged me throughout it all. It was honestly a five-star read until the end. Endings are so crucial, and this one just stayed a bit stagnant. In a world where our reality can seem like it’s going nowhere (good), I wanted some solid resolutions—cheating partners and abusive, high school jocks to get what they deserved. I want it real, yes, but maybe because it hit so close to home, I wanted a bit of fantasy, too.
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