Author Talk: Catherine Newman, "Wreck"

Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore are excited to welcome back author, Catherine Newman, who will talk about her latest book, Wreck.  Catherine will be in conversation with interviewer, Virginia Stanley.

The acclaimed bestselling author of Sandwich is back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned. 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 cry—and 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, Rocky’s widowed father, has moved in. It all couldn’t be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them—and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won’t 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 people—no matter how much you love them—are not always exactly who you want them to be.

About Catherine Newman

Catherine Newman is the internationally bestselling author of the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, the middle-grade novel One Mixed-Up Night, the kids’ craft book Stitch Camp (co-authored with Nicole Blum), the New York Times best-selling how-to books for kids How to Be a Person and What Can I Say?, the novel We All Want Impossible Things, and the novels Sandwich and Wreck, which were both instant New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times, Real Simple, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She writes the "Crone Sandwich" newsletter on Substack and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.

About Virginia Stanley

Virginia Stanley is a renowned book publishing veteran. She was the Director of Library Marketing at HarperCollins Publishers for 37 years. Her passion has always been connecting readers to authors through libraries. She is thrilled to interview one of her favorite authors, Catherine Newman, whose humor, warmth and ability to connect are as powerful in person as they are on paper.