Catherine Newman

You know, I felt, you know, when you look at them and purely in their roles of women in an age that is long past, when women didn't have as many options as we do, it puts Wallace's journey in a different light, I thought, for sure.

You know, also, there's such an easy comparison between Meghan Markle and Wallace Simpson and Catherine, the Princess of Wales, and Elizabeth Boseline.

I mean, they're real and feuding brothers, for sure, but I wanted to kind of like, well, that's so easy way people are going to, people have and continue to do all Meghan Markle, like that woman, the way they referred to Wallace Simpson.

And I do think there is a built-in bias, I believe, against just an American woman trying, you know, wanting to be in the royal family.

Anyway, she wrote a book called Save What's Left a few years ago.

It was very, very funny.

She's kind of similar to Catherine Newman in You know, very funny, wry books about women of a certain age.

And this is, I like this one better than her first one.

I would love you to tell us what book you've chosen for us to read.

I chose Sandwich by Catherine Newman.

It came out a couple of years ago and it kind of – well, I'll read the blurb because it says it all.

It says it all.

It's

all related.

So just to do Catherine's bio, Catherine Newman has written numerous columns and articles for magazines and newspapers and her essays have been widely anthologised.

Her debuting novel, We All Want Impossible Things, was widely praised and was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club.

But those are both historical, so we need something contemporary.

And I think that both Claire Lombardo and Catherine Newman are really good at writing about that stage of life, which is especially noteworthy for Claire Lombardo because she is very young, but she does such a good job of writing about perimenopausal, menopausal, midlife families.

So I think those are two good ones to look at.

But the title, The Menopausee, seems pretty cheeky and funny to me.

The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood.

And also, I listened to it as an audiobook, Wreck by Catherine Newman.

Before we get on to that, well, I hope you're doing well.

I'm having one of those days where everything is a bit much today, so I might seem a bit scatty, but we'll get through it.

So just really pleased to get a copy of this and to read it and love it.

So that is The Angel of Death by Trevor Wood.

And then I'm going to tell you about Wreck by Catherine Newman.

And I listened to this as an audiobook while I was swimming.

So sad.

Another sad, We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman.

Ooh, your-

Favorite.

I was sobbing, like [sighs] like it was like catching my breath kind of, like, I was...

Did you read that one by Catherine Newman?

Yeah.

I did the audio.

I say this all the time, but I don't know what you're reading.

[laughs] So physically, I'm reading Wreck by Catherine Newman.

Okay, yes, yes.

I am a little over halfway, I think, through it.

... available.

So that is my plan for this week, so some of this might change.

But physically for October, um, of course, like I have Wreck by Catherine Newman on here, but I'm reading that right now.

Mm-hmm.