A funny, moving study of midlife angst. Told over a family holiday, Sandwich is a summer read with added bite. Read more on Grazia...
is a summer read with added bite. Caught between her grown-up children and ageing parents, 50-something Rocky faces an emotional reckoning on the annual family holiday to Cape Cod. Flooded with memories from her past, she tries to reconcile the tumult of motherhood, menopause and marriage with the bittersweet passage of time.
As the week unfolds, Rocky recalls family holidays from summers past – memories that slowly reveal an unspoken trauma that she has carried with her for years. Her experiences are also a paean to parenting and how it changes. ‘I wanted Rocky to have this experience of looking back on all the different moments of being in Cape Cod, especially with young kids when they just need a million things from you,’ says Newman.
‘This blew me away. A relatable and touching portrayal of family. The themes of motherhood, guilt, child loss, middle-aged marriage and role reversal as parents age were handled fantastically well with bags of empathy and dry humour.’ Aisha
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