Come join us on November 17th at 5:30pm for our November Evening book club discussion! We will discuss the first book of Catherine Newman’s Sandwich series, Sandwich.
Rocky is off to Cape Cod with her husband, Nick, their two young adult children, and her elderly parents. Rocky’s family has been vacationing in Cape Cod for the last twenty years, and everything seems to be normal.
However, this vacation features something she was not expecting: revealing personal secrets kept hidden for years. Now, Rocky cannot hide from her past, and she must share these secrets with her loved ones.
From goodreads.com, the full description for the novel is: 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.
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