Sandwich
The NYT bestseller from the author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick, We All Want Impossible Things
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Instant NEW YORK TIMES bestsellerOne of Barnes & Noble BEST BOOKS OF 2024 STYLIST Book of the Month: ‘A gem’GUARDIAN Book of the Week: ‘Wise and exquisitely written’ANN PATCHETT: ‘Sandwich is joy in book form’NINA STIBBE: 'Funny, wise'RACHEL JOYCE: ‘A piece of perfection’GRAZIA Book of the month
For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape. Their rustic beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, its quirky furniture and mismatched pots and pans greeted like old friends.
Now, sandwiched between her children who are adult enough to be fun but still young enough to need her, and her parents who are alive and healthy, Rocky wants to preserve this golden moment forever. This one precious week when everything is in balance; everything is in flux.
But every family has its secrets and hers is no exception.
With her body in open revolt and surprises invading her peaceful haven, the perfectly balanced seesaw of Rocky’s life is tipping towards change…
Richard and Judy Book Club selected author for We All Want Impossible Things
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Praise for SANDWICH:
‘Sandwich is joy in book form. I laughed continuously, except for the parts that made me cry. Catherine Newman does a miraculous job reminding us of all the wonder there is to be found in life’ Ann Patchett, author of Tom Lake
'I stand in awe, it’s just perfect' Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swan Song
‘If you are after a book to pack on your next holiday, look no further. Here is a novel which will go down as easily as a chilled poolside drink’ i Newspaper
‘I adored this novel and am forcing it on everyone I know - Jenny Colgan, author of The Summer Skies
‘Newman is truly a master of taking complex and chaotic human emotion and making sense of it’ Guardian
‘If you want to laugh out loud, tear up and rush to pull out a book in the 35 seconds between subway stops, this sweet, savory, tenderhearted Sandwich fits the bill, and goes down like (bread and) buttah’ New York Times
‘A wonderful book about how families love, disagree, fail one another - and endure’ Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
‘Engaging, frank, funny and moving…in every sense the hot summer read’ Daily Mail
New York Times bestseller, July 2024
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Newman (We All Want Impossible Things) returns with a slight story about the pleasures of beach time and the trials of middle age. Rocky, an anxious and volatile writer in her 50s, spends a week at her family's aging Cape Cod vacation cottage with her preternaturally patient and easygoing husband, Nick; their two grown children, Jamie and Willa; and her sweet parents. Much of the novel, which Rocky narrates, has a light, comic tone. She details the ingredients of elaborate picnic lunches, describes swims in a nearby pond and days at the beach, and kvetches about the impact of menopause, which afflicts her with sudden rages and the realization that "activities that may injure you include ping-pong, napping, and opening a tub of Greek yogurt." This amiable tone contrasts sharply with Rocky's horrifying memories about the loss of two pregnancies when Willa was a baby. As the week wears on, she feels increasingly compelled to reveal secrets from that period to her family. Although a sudden medical emergency and squabbles between Rocky and Nick add some suspense, the novel gets bogged down in cloying banter and anticlimactic revelations. Rocky may content herself with the discovery that "it's just everything, all the time. EVERYTHING." Readers, however, are likely to be less than satisfied.
