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My children may not be the age of Rocky's children in this novel (early 20s), but I've been parenting long enough to know how quickly time flies and how, before I know it, they will be.
I suppose I'll be due for a re-read of this little gem by then. Honestly, maybe I'll pick it back up again every year of my 40s because this novel does a BEAUTIFUL job capturing that "sandwich" era of a woman's life between raising children to adulthood and taking care of one's elderly parents.
I'm a firm believer the best books—the ones that stamp a permanent mark on your heart—find you right when you need them. In that respect, given the rather hard season I currently find myself, there is this sentiment Catherine shares in Sandwich that so perfectly encapsulates my Summer 2024 experience that it darn near made me weep:
"Despair laced through with so much incredibly beauty. We just keep showing up for each other. Even through the mystery of other people's grief. What else is there?"
A Top 10 read of 2024 for me, without question.
I suppose I'll be due for a re-read of this little gem by then. Honestly, maybe I'll pick it back up again every year of my 40s because this novel does a BEAUTIFUL job capturing that "sandwich" era of a woman's life between raising children to adulthood and taking care of one's elderly parents.
I'm a firm believer the best books—the ones that stamp a permanent mark on your heart—find you right when you need them. In that respect, given the rather hard season I currently find myself, there is this sentiment Catherine shares in Sandwich that so perfectly encapsulates my Summer 2024 experience that it darn near made me weep:
"Despair laced through with so much incredibly beauty. We just keep showing up for each other. Even through the mystery of other people's grief. What else is there?"
A Top 10 read of 2024 for me, without question.
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