{"product_id":"wreck-9780063474499","title":"Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWreck\u003c\/em\u003e is a delight. What an absolute joy to be reunited with Rocky and her family, the characters we all fell in love with in \u003cem\u003eSandwich\u003c\/em\u003e. Newman's prose is laugh-out-loud funny. It's also profound. I underlined so many passages in this treasure of a novel. It brought about that conundrum that the best books always do: I couldn't stop reading, even though I didn't want it to end.\"--J\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eCourtney Sullivan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Cliffs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWreck\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep--equal parts hilarious, sharp, and achingly sincere. It's like spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it. I didn't just read it--I felt known by it. A luminous, laugh-out-loud triumph by Newman.\"--Alison Espach, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eSandwich \u003c\/em\u003eis back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn't go as planned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you loved Rocky and her family on vacation on Cape Cod, wait until you join them at home two years later. (And if this is your first meeting with this crew, get ready to laugh and cry--and relate.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRocky, still anxious, nostalgic, and funny, is living in Western Massachusetts with her husband Nick and their daughter Willa, who's back home after college. Their son, Jamie, has taken a new job in New York, and Mort, Rocky's widowed father, has moved in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all couldn't be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them--and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won't affect them at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her signature wit and wisdom, Catherine Newman explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the gnarly fact that people--no matter how much you love them--are not always exactly who you want them to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewman, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatherine Newman\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the memoirs \u003cem\u003eCatastrophic Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWaiting for Birdy\u003c\/em\u003e, the middle-grade novel \u003cem\u003eOne Mixed-Up Night\u003c\/em\u003e, the kids' craft book \u003cem\u003eStitch Camp\u003c\/em\u003e, the best-selling how-to books for kids \u003cem\u003eHow to Be a Person\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhat Can I Say?\u003c\/em\u003e, and the novels \u003cem\u003eWe All Want Impossible Things\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSandwich\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWreck\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming from HarperCollins). Her books have been translated into a dozen languages. She has been a regular contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She writes Crone Sandwich on Substack and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51676319711506,"sku":"9780063474499","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad03e73c-4e1c-414b-b184-41918cbe3429.jpg?v=1761054664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wreck-9780063474499","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}