Sandwich: A Novel by Catherine Newman is full of great characters, evocative nostalgic imagery and a love for Cape Cod that we share with her. It is full of thoughts on what it means to be a woman, why we keep secrets from our family, and what it is we love about the yearly vacation traditions we cherish if we were lucky enough to have them in our lives. For our bookstore this week, Bookshop West Portal, who for independent bookstore day brought in llamas. Because....well, tune in.

Books mentioned in this week's episode:

• Sandwich by Catherine Newman


• We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman


• Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family by Catherine Newman


• The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales by Catherine Newman


• Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years by Catherine Newman


• The Beans of Egypt, Maine, by Carolyn Chute


• Writers & Lovers by Lily King


• Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby


• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett


• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett


• Long Island by Colm Toibin


• Brooklyn by Colm Toibin


• The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt


• Shopkeeping: Stories, Advice, and Observations by Peter Miller

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