Sandwich

A Novel

By: Catherine Newman

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“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

“If you like my novels, you will love love love this . . . . I stand in awe, it’s just perfect.”—Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Swan Song

“A total delight.”—Kate Christensen

From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family summer vacation full of secrets, lunch, and learning to let go.

For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too.

This year’s vacation, with Rocky sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, promises to be just as delightful as summers past—except, perhaps, for Rocky’s hormonal bouts of rage and melancholy. (Hello, menopause!) Her body is changing—her life is, too. And then a chain of events sends Rocky into the past, reliving both the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers.

It's one precious week: everything is in balance; everything is in flux. And when Rocky comes face to face with her family’s history and future, she is forced to accept that she can no longer hide her secrets from the people she loves.

©2024 Catherine Newman (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Missed Opportunity

I want to give this at least 4 stars, but I can't. The writing is fantastic, but so "woke", with a clear far-left agenda. The heartfelt storyline was so overshadowed by abortion rights that it was almost lost. An excellent author missed an opportunity to make this a balanced, beautiful book.

Started out great.

I laughed so much, until I was completely confused by controversial topics. Not for me, I think I'm not liberal enough here.

Can’t Recommend

Only read if you are really into motherhood. Reminds of a bad Hallmark movie. I didn’t want to finish it, but did. No real story, just on and on about being a mother and menopause.

Disappointed , didn’t love the story or narrator

Very short (good summer read) but disappointing; didn’t love the narrator.. interesting topic but and liked imagining the setting but just didn’t grab me..

Leave out the agenda and tell the story

This had the makings to be a stellar book. But the last 2 to 3 chapters were so full of a part of the story that could’ve been told in two chapters. I didn’t need three chapters of the far left agenda. I’m a pretty middle of the ground libertarian, but this ruined it for me.

Woke Family Vacation

Characters are walking talking stereotypes. The author gives full try-hard to handling many current topics but it comes across so intentionally woke I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. I want to punch the self possessed mother in the face

Rolled my eyes a lot

This book had some good dialogue but otherwise I had a hard time sticking with it. Kind of stupid.

Woke Agenda

Some of the story was sweet and relatable as far as menopause, but unfortunately her Woke agenda over shadowed the storyline. We get the Woke agenda thrown in our face everyday. When I read, I don't need to read about that. And a note from someone who has had an abortion - where is the unborn child's voice?

It was so earnest!

I was often distracted listening to this book—very detailed and boring. I was looking for a bit of irreverent humor but instead was inundated with the Hallmark channel.

Not For Me

Another author to add to my Don’t Read list. The narrator was good. That’s the only thing that kept me in this story. Thankfully it was only 6 hours.