“I adored this book. Jubilant, devastating, tender, heartbreaking, I found myself both in tears and 'snorty-laughing'. A masterclass on friendship, family love, memory, and the messiness of life and love and dying. Pure genius”
— RACHEL JOYCE, author of the bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“Breezy New York Nora-Ephron-style wit meets hospice memoir to create something profoundly beautiful...comforting, so funny, moving but never mawkish and packed with all kinds of love. It's one of my favourite books ever”
— MARIAN KEYES
“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
“Infectiously funny and surprisingly moving, Wreck reminds us that we are each, in our way, trying to make sense of the big things with some very small tools”
— Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God
“The kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep... like spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it.”
— Alison Espach, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People
“Newman is truly a master of taking complex and chaotic human emotion and making sense of it ... wise and exquisitely written”
— GUARDIAN
“Tragically funny, with moments of clarity and wisdom, Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts”
— BONNIE GARMUS, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
“A heartbreaking, laugh-provoking, and absolutely Ephron-esque look at the beauty and fragility of everyday life.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Gorgeously human, tender-hearted, and delightfully funny”
— Nussaibah Younis, bestselling author of Fundamentally
“One of the funniest books I've ever read”
— FEARNE COTTON, STYLIST
Wreck
Year
2025
Pages
210
Praise
“I adored this book. Jubilant, devastating, tender, heartbreaking, I found myself both in tears and 'snorty-laughing'. A masterclass on friendship, family love, memory, and the messiness of life and love and dying. Pure genius”
— RACHEL JOYCE, author of the bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
“Breezy New York Nora-Ephron-style wit meets hospice memoir to create something profoundly beautiful...comforting, so funny, moving but never mawkish and packed with all kinds of love. It's one of my favourite books ever”
— MARIAN KEYES
“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
“Infectiously funny and surprisingly moving, Wreck reminds us that we are each, in our way, trying to make sense of the big things with some very small tools”
— Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of The Homemade God
“The kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep... like spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it.”
— Alison Espach, New York Times bestselling author of The Wedding People
“Newman is truly a master of taking complex and chaotic human emotion and making sense of it ... wise and exquisitely written”
— GUARDIAN
“Tragically funny, with moments of clarity and wisdom, Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts”
— BONNIE GARMUS, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry
“A heartbreaking, laugh-provoking, and absolutely Ephron-esque look at the beauty and fragility of everyday life.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Gorgeously human, tender-hearted, and delightfully funny”
— Nussaibah Younis, bestselling author of Fundamentally
“One of the funniest books I've ever read”
— FEARNE COTTON, STYLIST
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