Sandwiched
Caring Up and Caring Down
$44.89
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2026
Summary
What do you do when your ninety-five-year-old father needs you at exactly the same moment your adult daughter is plunged into crisis?
Pincered tight in the sandwich generation, Catherine Simpson finds herself juggling an ageing father determined to stay independent, a beloved daughter facing down a devastating mental health crisis, and the ongoing daily demands of work and family life.
With extraordinary candour, warmth and laugh-out-loud humour, this is a mem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781916812703 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1916812708 |
| Author: | Catherine Simpson |
| Publisher: | Saraband / Contraband |
| Imprint: | Saraband / Contraband |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 129mm x 198mm |
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Catherine Simpson
Catherine Simpson is a novelist, journalist, poet, and short story writer based in Edinburgh.
Her memoir One Body was published in 2022 and selected for World Book Night in 2023. This followed her 2019 memoir When I Had a Little Sister, published to great critical acclaim. Her debut novel Truestory was published in 2015 and won her a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Her work has been published in various anthologies and magazines, online, and broadcast on BBC Radio.
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