# Event Details - **Event Name**: Catherine Newman | Wreck - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: The author of Sandwich is back with a novel about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned.About this EventABOUT THE EVENTTickets include a paperback copy of Wreck, guaranteed entry to the event, and a seat in the reserved section. Catherine with be in conversation with Cate Lineberry and will sign books after the program.All live author events are subject to change. More information about our events and ticket policies can be found at quailridgebooks.com/eventsfaq.ABOUT THE BOOKThe acclaimed bestselling author of Sandwich is back with a wonderful novel, full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family, and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned.If you loved Rocky and her family on vacation on Cape Cod, wait until you join them at home two years later. (And if this is your first meeting with this crew, get ready to laugh and cry—and relate.)Rocky, still anxious, nostalgic, and funny, is living in Western Massachusetts with her husband Nick and their daughter Willa, who's back home after college. Their son, Jamie, has taken a new job in New York, and Mort, Rocky’s widowed father, has moved in.It all couldn’t be more ridiculously normal . . . until Rocky finds herself obsessed with a local accident that only tangentially affects them—and with a medical condition that, she hopes, won’t affect them at all.With her signature wit and wisdom, Catherine Newman explores the hidden rules of family, the heavy weight of uncertainty, and the gnarly fact that people—no matter how much you love them—are not always exactly who you want them to be.ABOUT THE SPEAKERSCATHERINE NEWMAN is the author of the novels Sandwich, which was an instant New York Times bestseller, and We All Want Impossible Things; the memoirs Waiting for Birdy and Catastrophic Happiness; the middle-grade novel One Mixed-Up Night; and the bestselling kids’ life-skills books How to Be a Person and What Can I Say? Her books have been translated into a dozen languages. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times; Real Simple; O, The Oprah Magazine; Cup of Jo; and many other publications. She writes the newsletter Crone Sandwich on Substack and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.CATE LINEBERRY is a journalist and the author of The Secret Rescue and Be Free or Die. Cate was previously a staff writer and editor for National Geographic Magazine and the web editor for Smithsonian Magazine. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times. Cate lives in Raleigh and is at work on her first novel. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/raleigh/catherine-newman-wreck/100001992168222782 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, meetups, kids - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - door_time: 2026-08-19T21:30:00Z - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Quail Ridge Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 21.31, max: 21.31, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Raleigh - **state**: NC - **country**: United States - **location**: Quail Ridge Books - **lat**: 35.8385833 - **long**: -78.6448083 - **full address**: Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Catherine Newman | Wreck - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/e4db43ef98426e3474db55745250530584d362b6de211852a9e50240c6b573fd-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf0a528-gmir.jpg?v=1781890334 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Catherine Newman | Wreck being held? - **A:** Catherine Newman | Wreck takes place on Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 19 Aug, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Quail Ridge Books, 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Catherine Newman | Wreck? - **A:** Catherine Newman | Wreck is organized by Quail Ridge Books. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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