Jennifer Close Knihy

An irresistible comedy of manners about three generations of a Chicago restaurant family, exploring the private jokes, ancient grudges, broken hearts, and deep love that bind them. The Sullivan family holds three truths: the Chicago Cubs will always be underdogs, historical progress is inevitable, and their grandfather Bud, founder of JP Sullivan's, makes the best burgers in Oak Park. However, when the Cubs win the World Series, Trump is elected president, and Bud passes away within three months, the family begins to question everything they believe. Gretchen, the lead singer of a '90s cover band, wonders if she’s too old to chase her dreams. Jane, her older sister, suspects her fitness-obsessed husband isn’t always "working late." Meanwhile, Teddy, their steadfast cousin, grapples with heartbreak as his ex continues to show up at the restaurant where he works. With the world feeling upside down and strong cocktails flowing, how can they make the right choices? Outrageously funny and astutely insightful, this tale serves as a delicious confection from one of our most beloved authors.

From the bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses, this funny and tender novel is “an engaging exploration of a thoroughly modern family dynamic” (People) and the ways in which we never really grow up, and the people we turn to when things go drastically wrong. The Coffey siblings are having a rough year. Martha is thirty and working at J. Crew after a spectacular career flameout; Claire has broken up with her fiancé and locked herself in her New York apartment until her bank account looks as grim as her mood; and the baby of the family, Max, is dating a knockout classmate named Cleo and keeping a very big, very life-altering secret. The only solution—for all of them—is to move back home. But things aren’t so easy the second time around, for them or for their mother, Weezy. Martha and Claire have regressed to fighting over the shared bathroom, Weezy can’t quite bring herself to stop planning Claire’s thwarted wedding, and Max and Cleo are exchanging secretive whispers in the basement.

Attending an endless series of bridal showers for their friend Kristi, three bridesmaids struggle with private challenges, including Isabella's unhappiness at a job where she is nevertheless very successful, Mary's relationship with a man who prioritizes his mother, and Lauren's attraction to a man she despises.