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Marrying the Ketchups by Jennifer Close
3.0

When Bud, the patriarch of the Sullivan family and diehard Chicago Cubs fan, passes away, the rest of the family is thrown into a strange time where the question everything they thought they knew. Gretchen, who sings in a cover band, finds herself drawn back home, Jane and her husband start marriage counseling, and Teddy puts his own dreams aside to step into the family’s restaurant. Together they navigate this new normal where Bud is gone, the Chicago Cubs win the series and Trump becomes President.

This was the first audiobook I ever listened to and I enjoyed it! It was poignant, funny and I thought the author was very clever in how the title related to the characters. That being said, I didn’t love the constant the talk about the 2020 election; it just felt very redundant and unnecessary at times.