{"product_id":"wreck-9781529959703","title":"Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e' 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'I LOVE her work... the antidote to these times' MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e' 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eRachel (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThey are messy, they are flawed, they are completely, ridiculously normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eAnd 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFor if accidents can happen - and they do - is it truly safe to love anyone?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFresh, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eReaders say-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'Feels like meeting up with old friends'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'It's like Catherine Newman knows exactly how I feel'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'I feel seen every time I read Catherine Newman's words'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'There is just some kind of magic in Catherine Newman's writing that makes me want to dog-ear every page'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eReviews say-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'Darkly funny, achingly emotional' Woman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'Insightful and totally relatable' Good Housekeeping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e'The new queen of the bittersweet novel' Independent\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catherine Newman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49127305969915,"sku":"9781529959703","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781529959703.jpg?v=1785726252","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/wreck-9781529959703","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}