- Instant NEW YORK TIMES bestseller
- One 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
Review
Newman is truly a master of taking complex and chaotic human emotion and making sense of it ... wise and exquisitely written ― Guardian
Newman’s second work of fiction confirms her as a writer with a sharp ear for dialogue, astute emotional insight, and an infectious sense of humour. A gem of a novel. ― Observer
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
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, New York Times bestselling author of Tom Lake
The last book that really made me laugh. I loved it. ― Liane Moriarty
Funny, wise, poignant and beautifully written ― Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina
A piece of perfection… Family, love, secrets, a marriage that is ordinary, imperfect, sexy and beautiful… I laughed, I cried and I laughed some more… a wonderful book about how families love, disagree, fail one another - and endure. ― Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
I adored this novel and am forcing it on everyone I know ― Jenny Colgan, author of The Summer Skies
Catherine Newman is basically a national treasure at this point… so it’s not surprising that her new hilarious, deeply moving, gorgeously plotted, beautifully written, slyly subversive new novel, Sandwich, hit me like a ton of bricks…. a novel written from a place of wonder and love ― Joanna Rakoff, NYT bestselling author of My Salinger Year
Engaging, frank, funny and moving and fearlessly explores middle age’s many challenges. In every sense the hot summer read. ― Daily Mail
This will break your heart before putting it back together ― Red
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 ... Sandwich has such poignant things to say about family, marriage and parenting, while also casting a gorgeous light on those golden holiday days (even if you do spend most of the trip dragging sand around or looking for parking). A hilarious tonic of a book. ― i Newspaper
Newman transitions with ease from moments of melancholy to observations which make you laugh out loud. A moving read which finds the joy in everyday life. ― PA Media
Explores the compromises of a long marriage and the bittersweetness of children leaving home so beautifully ― Good Housekeeping
This author has such an acute observation of relationships ... Catherine creates a real snapshot of families changing and growing ― Prima
[Sandwich] practically glows with family feeling . . . . [it] has much in common with Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake ― Washington Post
Sandwich is my idea of the perfect summer novel: shimmering and substantive ― Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air
Newman is warm, generous, always funny―but always with the intent to make you laugh at yourself as much as the characters. A beach novel to pass onto your best friends ― Oprah Daily
Feels like eating pastries (from the 'good' bakery) over coffee while venting to my mother on the beach ― Boston Globe
I stand in awe, it’s just perfect ― Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swan Song
About the Author
Catherine Newman is the author of the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, and the bestselling children's book How to be a Person. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Parents magazine, and many other publications. Her debut novel for adults, We All Want Impossible Things, was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. She lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family.
