Sandwich

1. General Impressions

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

• What were your overall impressions of Sandwich? Discuss what you liked most and least about the novel.
• How did you like this novel compared to Catherine Newman’s other novel, We All Want Impossible Things, or novels in the same genre by other authors (such as Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand or Tom Lake by Ann Patchett)?

2. Personal Reflection and Connection

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

• Consider some of the novel’s more shocking elements, like Rocky’s father’s revelation about the murder of several of his family members at an extermination camp during World War II or Nick learning about Rocky’s abortion when he overhears her telling Willa. Did these plot points seem realistic to you? 
• One of the novel’s themes concerns how family dynamics shift over time. Does the novel’s depiction overlap with your experiences? 
• Another of the novel’s themes explores how nostalgia increases over time as people age. Do you find this to be the case in your life? 
• Which of the novel’s characters did you most relate to and why?

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