A review by jayqueuetee
Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close

4.0

This is my second Jennifer Close book, and both have been sneakily about politics (I suppose The Hopefuls was more overt in that respect). It's 2016 and the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected, and the patriarch of the Sullivan family dies. The next year or so of this expansive family story takes turns you don't expect but in a way that feels earned. This is a distinctly Chicago book with strong, compelling characters and a lot of conversation about privilege, white liberalism and feminism, and family.