Wreck: A Novel

The acclaimed bestselling author ofSandwichis back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesnt go as planned.

Endorsing a new Catherine Newman novel feels a bit like endorsing puppies or chocolate cake. It’s a new Catherine Newman novel. Of course you want to read it.Wreckis a delight. What an absolute joy to be reunited with Rocky and her family, the characters we all fell in love with inSandwich. 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.Courtney Sullivan,New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Cliffs

If 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 cryand relate.)

Rocky, 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, Rockys widowed father, has moved in.

It all couldnt be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects themand with a medical condition that, she hopes, wont affect them at all.

With her signature wit and wisdom, Catherine Newman explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the gnarly fact that peopleno matter how much you love themare not always exactly who you want them to be.

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Catherine Newmanis theNew York Timesbestselling author of the memoirsCatastrophic HappinessandWaiting for Birdy, the middle-grade novelOne Mixed-Up Night, the kids craft bookStitch Camp, the best-selling how-to books for kidsHow to Be a PersonandWhat Can I Say?, and the novelsWe All Want Impossible Things,Sandwich, andWreck(forthcoming from HarperCollins). Her books have been translated into a dozen languages. She has been a regular contributor to theNew York Times, Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She writes Crone Sandwich on Substack and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.