In the middle… a beautiful place to be. ~Sheila

Rocky is looking forward to the Annual Cape Cod beach vacation. Going back two decades, this has been the tradition. Rent the beach house, bring the kids, bring the parents, one week… one week that starts out hectic and hurried and so much to pack –

And then suddenly…just like clockwork work Rocky will be wondering out loud, “How is it Friday? Where did the week go?

This year, is different. The kids are older…. Rocky’s parents are older. And of course, simple math will tell Rocky they are older, too.
As Rocky remembers the past, and deals with the present, she can’t help but wonder what the future holds…. all of its secrets, both the good… and the hard.

Sandwich is such a great title for this book. Rocky and her husband are between their now-grown children and their elderly parents. I am finding it hard to describe this book. As I think about it this morning, over a cup of coffee and the light of the day slowly peaking in the windows, I think it is because it is a much calmer (can I say that?) book than I have read recently.
Sandwich has no big twist. There is no massive lurking plot that will cause your jaw to drop and your heart to race. This is a story of a family and a week, an exploration of family dynamics with a sprinkle (or cup) of midlife crisis.
And it’s funny. Our protagonist, Rocky, is snarky and witty, and that trait has carried over to her children. Seriously, some laugh out loud moments even when it was a bit raunchy…. Rocky is her own person, and it shows.

The book was what I thought it was going to be, and it wasn’t – does that make sense? I understood the storyline going in, but I guess I expected more. At the same time, I don’t think it needed more, and that is the pretty cool thing about Sandwich. It’s different. Our Author did not go for the big shiny BANG that we so often find in a lot of today’s reads…. It’s a story of a family… it’s real and raw with a few hot buttons. It’s small and beachy.

In the end, I am glad I read it.

Rated: 3 out of 5
Read Author Before: No
Read Author Again: I would like to read something else by this author to get a feel of what they write
Book Club Worthy: Maybe. There are many topics to unpack and you can certainly spend a lot of time in a group talking about agism, the kids and the parents, and the changes of seasons.
Triggers: Yup. Occasionally vulgar, and Abortion.
Where Listened: Mostly at home