"I loved reading this book! Not only do I want to send this gracious family a thank you note for having me along for a week at the beach, I''m still laughing out loud when I think of some sentences, and lumping up in my throat when I think of others." -- Eliza Minot, author of In the Orchard and The Tiny One
"Sandwich reminds me of Laurie Colwin''s Happy All the Time--Newman shares Colwin''s ability to write about intertwined happiness and heartbreak (as well as her passion for food). I found myself snorting out loud with laughter, the wheezing kind, then all at once, deeply moved. This is a book about love and change and loss, all packed into an annual family week on Cape Cod. And it''s a total delight." -- Kate Christensen, author of The Great Man and Welcome Home, Stranger
"Catherine Newman nails it all: the hilarious domestic details of family life, the tremendous stakes of our most personal choices, and the vulnerability of loving other human beings wholeheartedly. I feel this book so deep in my bones." -- Mary Laura Philpott, author of Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives