Jennifer Close, MARRYING THE KETCHUPS: A Novel
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Zibby is joined by bestselling novelist Jennifer Close to discuss her latest book, Marrying the Ketchups, which was inspired by a number of things, including her time as a waitress in Chicago. Jennifer shares the original seed of inspiration for the story and the world events that expanded its scope. The two also talk about Jennifer's inspiring career trajectory, what they've each learned about the publishing industry that they never knew as outsiders, and which books Jennifer is currently reading.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Zivie Owens, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:07.8 | Thank you so much called Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books. |
| 0:10.7 | It is a daily podcast 365 days a year, and each day we talk to an author about all of the things related to their career, their book, their life, and more in 30 minutes or |
| 0:21.1 | less, because who has time? I am now an author myself, although I wasn't when I started this |
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| 1:13.6 | Jennifer Close is the author of Marrying the Ketchups, a novel. Jennifer is the best-selling |
| 1:17.7 | author of girls in white dresses, the smart one, and the hopefuls. Born and raised on the |
| 1:21.6 | North Shore of Chicago, she is a graduate of Boston College and received her MFA and fiction writing |
| 1:26.2 | from the new school in 2005. She now lives in Washington, D.C., and teaches creative writing at Catapult. Welcome, Jennifer. Thank you so much for coming on. Moms Don't have time to read books to discuss marrying the catch-ups a novel. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. I have to say, I watched the video of you teaching people how to marry the catch-ups. |
| 1:45.6 | Did you know what it was? I had no idea what it was. And my daughter and I watched, she had no |
| 1:51.1 | idea what it was. Now I'm slightly like kind of not horrified, but like the idea. So maybe you should, |
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