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Sandwich
by Catherine Newman
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I absolutely loved We all want impossible things so have kind of being saving this one in the hope it was maybe as good. Having now got an proof copy of Wreck which comes after this book I decided now was the time to see if I would love this one as much as I did her first book.
The answer is, I didn't, I loved it more!
“Life is a seesaw, and I am standing dead center, still and balanced: living kids on one side, living parents on the other. Nicky here with me at the fulcrum. Don’t move a muscle, I think. But I will, of course. You have to.”
― Catherine Newman
This line absolutely got me. I had to go find my husband and read it to him. It felt so relfective of myself it made me feel very seen.
The character in the book, Rocky, is slightly older than me but her situation, with parents and children and menopause just felt so bloody relatiable. I too find myself remanising about when they were young, looking back on those long summers together, the adventures we had, watching them swim and explore and trip and fall and making food and going to the beach. I felt it all and now, they are big and grown and mostly doing their own thing and that is a wonderful thing but also there is little tinge of loss. I think it is where my desire to be a Grandmother stems from. To just have another go at some of that stuff.
I loved Rocky. I totally understood her, her fears and anxiety. Her feelings about her body and sex and desire. How mess it all was sometimes but how she worked so hard to keep all the wheels on the bus as best she could but also her love. She has so much love, for all the different parts of her family. She is a tenderhearted women. It all felt so relatable. I am Rocky, Rocky is me.
Thank you Catherine Newman. Thank you!
The answer is, I didn't, I loved it more!
“Life is a seesaw, and I am standing dead center, still and balanced: living kids on one side, living parents on the other. Nicky here with me at the fulcrum. Don’t move a muscle, I think. But I will, of course. You have to.”
― Catherine Newman
This line absolutely got me. I had to go find my husband and read it to him. It felt so relfective of myself it made me feel very seen.
The character in the book, Rocky, is slightly older than me but her situation, with parents and children and menopause just felt so bloody relatiable. I too find myself remanising about when they were young, looking back on those long summers together, the adventures we had, watching them swim and explore and trip and fall and making food and going to the beach. I felt it all and now, they are big and grown and mostly doing their own thing and that is a wonderful thing but also there is little tinge of loss. I think it is where my desire to be a Grandmother stems from. To just have another go at some of that stuff.
I loved Rocky. I totally understood her, her fears and anxiety. Her feelings about her body and sex and desire. How mess it all was sometimes but how she worked so hard to keep all the wheels on the bus as best she could but also her love. She has so much love, for all the different parts of her family. She is a tenderhearted women. It all felt so relatable. I am Rocky, Rocky is me.
Thank you Catherine Newman. Thank you!