Wreck

Összefoglaló

The NEW YORK TIMES bestseller. A wonderful novel full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family and what happens when life doesn't go as planned...<BR><BR>'The kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep... like spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it.' ALISON ESPACH, author of The Wedding People<BR><BR>'I LOVE her work... the antidote to these times' MARIAN KEYES<BR><BR>'A gorgeously human, tender-hearted, and delightfully funny exploration of the anxieties that beset all of us, and the loving relationships and irrepressible joy that gets us through' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, author of Fundamentally<BR><BR>_______<BR><BR>Rachel (Rocky) is seemingly living her best life as the irreverent, funny beating heart of her family. Her ageing father is his unique, adorable self; daughter Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; husband Nick is steady, logical, sometimes infuriating.<BR><BR>They are messy, they are flawed, they are completely, ridiculously normal.<BR><BR>And like most normal people, Rocky worries about what might happen next. So when a former classmate of her son Jamie dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed.<BR><BR>For if accidents can happen - and they do - is it truly safe to love anyone?<BR><BR>Fresh, honest, laugh out loud funny and genuinely relatable, WRECK follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they negotiate the unpredictable and beautiful messiness of life.<BR><BR>____________<BR><BR>Readers say:<BR><BR>'Wreck feels like Newman was writing directly to me. And what's so impressive is, I think many, many, many readers will feel like it was just for them too' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<BR>'Feels like meeting up with old friends' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<BR><BR> 'It's like Catherine Newman knows exactly how I feel' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<BR>'I feel seen every time I read [Catherine Newman's] words' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<BR>'There is just some kind of magic in Catherine Newman's writing that makes me want to dog-ear every page' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<BR>Reviews say:<BR><BR>'Hugely enjoyable, absolutely real and thoughtful...Newman has an Ephron-esque gift for blending the sharp and the sad and an ability to let us love her creations.' Observer<BR><BR>'Darkly funny, achingly emotional' Woman & Home<BR><BR>'Insightful and totally relatable' Good Housekeeping<BR><BR>'The new queen of the bittersweet novel' Independent