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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.
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 * 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 * This delightful book just begs to get sand between its pages * People *
