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LF's avatar

I am going to be honest -- I really hated Sandwich. I LOVE Catherine Newman's vibe, and I enjoyed her last book, but this book did not feel realistic to me at all. Every character felt like a caricature except for the male characters who were incredibly flat. It just felt so forced, and I hate saying that because I did feel like it came from a sincere place.

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Miranda's avatar

Ooooh man! I really had wanted to read We All Want Impossible Things first, and I guess maybe I'll stick with that plan

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LF's avatar

We All Want Impossible Things reminded me of the show Better Things in the BEST way.

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Miranda's avatar

OMG my favorite show ever. Sold

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LF's avatar

That show helped me survive postpartum!!!!

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Sarah Wheeler's avatar

I liked WAWIT better

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Sab's avatar

I was a little scared to click on the New Yorker link, as someone who doesn’t *want* to encounter compelling arguments for having any more children than the one great one I already have. Luckily the article, uh, didn’t do that…to put it mildly 😅

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Miranda's avatar

Yeahhhh. Among a lot of ideas to get hung up on in that piece, I got so stuck on the idea of having a PhD, writing a book and also having 8 kids and 6 step kids. Just like, wait what come again?

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