We All Want Impossible Things

Gorgeously tender and so deeply loving * NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, bestselling author of FUNDAMENTALLY *Rather a treat … this novel is less about death than it is about life - the messy unpredictability, hideous unfairness and perplexity of it, as well as its one magnificent certainty: love. * THE SUNDAY TIMES *Remarkable … A whip-smart, funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely characterised novel about how even the deepest of losses can be accompanied by a joyous affirmation of life. * OBSERVER *Imbued with love and humour … this special book is in a class of its own. * EVENING STANDARD *Newman’s clearsighted and bracingly funny first novel is a moving celebration of friendship, love and cherished memories * DAILY MAIL *One of the funniest books I’ve ever read … so much detail and nuance … fast-paced at times and then really beautifully slow. – Fearne Cotton * STYLIST *I adored this book. Jubilant, devastating, tender, heartbreaking, I found myself both in tears and ‘snorty-laughing’. I know it will be one of those novels I return to time and time again, and recommend to everyone. There is so much love, funniness, honesty, courage, mess, bounce and surprise in this book, and not shred of it is mawkish. Loss might be the central theme but it is also the most robust and glorious affirmation of life. A masterclass on friendship, family love, memory, and the messiness of life and love and dying. Pure genius. * RACHEL JOYCE *Breezy New York Nora-Ephron-style wit meets hospice memoir to create something profoundly beautiful…comforting, so funny, moving but never mawkish and packed with all kinds of love. It’s one of my favourite books ever. * MARIAN KEYES *Tragically funny, with moments of clarity and wisdom, Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts. * BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY *I have heard nothing but good things about [We All Want Impossible Things] and they were all quite right - it’s so warm and funny and full of great observations … it looks set for rip-roaring success, deservedly so! * CLARE CHAMBERS, author of SMALL PLEASURES *

Catherine Newman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich and We All Want Impossible Things, which was also chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. She is also the author of the memoirs Catastrophic Happiness and Waiting for Birdy, and the bestselling children’s book How to be a Person. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Cup of Jo, and many other publications. She writes the Substack newsletter Crone Sandwich and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family.

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