{"product_id":"wreck-2","title":"Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the NYT bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS and SANDWICH. Accidents happen - so what happens when they do? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eThe kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep\u003c\/b\u003e—equal parts hilarious, sharp, and achingly sincere. It’s \u003cb\u003elike spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it.\u003c\/b\u003e I didn’t just read it—I felt known by it.'' Alison Espach, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A delight... Newman''s prose \u003cb\u003eis laugh-out-loud funny. It''s also profound\u003c\/b\u003e. I didn''t want it to end.'' J. Courtney Sullivan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cliffs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRocky, Nick, Willa and Jamie. A normal loving, anxious, messy, unpredictable, relatable, family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRocky has her own her way of processing disasters: 1. This could happen to us. 2. This couldn’t happen to us. And then there’s a secret third column: ‘This could happen to us unless I am very careful\/ superstitious\/ grateful…’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo what happens when ‘this \u003ci\u003ecould \u003c\/i\u003ehappen to us’ turns into ‘it really might be \u003ci\u003eme\u003c\/i\u003e’?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a former classmate of Jamie’s dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed. She''s also developed a niggling medical condition that won''t go away. She is still living her best life as the irreverent, funny, unpredictably beating heart of her family. Her father is still his unique, outspoken adorable self; Willa is still prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; Nick is still steady, logical, sometimes infuriating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut if accidents can happen – and they do – is it safe to love anyone?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaugh out loud funny and deeply emotional, WRECK follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they learn to live with life''s ''what ifs?''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR SANDWICH \u0026amp; WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Breezy New York \u003cb\u003eNora-Ephron-style \u003c\/b\u003ewit meets hospice memoir to create something profoundly beautiful...comforting, so funny, moving but never mawkish and packed with all kinds of love. It''s \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite books ever''\u003c\/b\u003e bestselling author, MARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eOne of the funniest books I''ve ever read''\u003c\/b\u003e FEARNE COTTON, \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003eI adored this book\u003c\/b\u003e. Jubilant, devastating, tender, heartbreaking, I found myself both in tears and ''snorty-laughing''. \u003cb\u003eA masterclass on friendship, family love, memory, and the messiness of life and love and dying.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePure genius''\u003c\/b\u003e RACHEL JOYCE, author of the bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Tragically funny\u003c\/b\u003e, with moments of \u003cb\u003eclarity and wisdom\u003c\/b\u003e, Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts'' BONNIE GARMUS, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Newman is truly a master of taking complex and chaotic human emotion and making sense of it ... \u003cb\u003ewise and exquisitely written'' GUARDIAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eSandwich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is joy in book form\u003c\/b\u003e. I laughed continuously, except for the parts that made me cry. Catherine Newman does a miraculous job reminding us of all the wonder there is to be found in life.'' ANN PATCHETT, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57398067724670,"sku":"NW9781529959697","price":14.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529959697.jpg?v=1778617231","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/wreck-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}