We All Want Impossible Things

No one knows you like your best friend...From the New York Times bestselling author, the powerful Richard & Judy Book Club pick

Gorgeously tender and so deeply loving NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, author of Fundamentally

Nora-Ephron-style wit... one of my favourite books ever MARIAN KEYES, author of My Favourite Mistake

Newman writes loss and laughter in equally brilliant amounts.BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry

Dazzling, heart-wrenching, snorty-hilarious. RACHEL JOYCE, author of The Handmade God
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Who knows you better than your best friend? Who knows your secrets, your fears, your desires, your strange imperfect self?

Edi and Ash have been best friends for over forty years. Since childhood they have seen each other through lifes milestones: stealing vodka from their parents, REM concerts, marriages, infertility, children. As Ash notes, Edis memory is like the back-up hard drive for mine.

So when Edi is diagnosed with cancer, Ashs world reshapes around the rhythms of Edis care, from the hunt for the perfect lemon cake and music therapy to snack smuggling and impromptu excursions into the frozen winter night.

Because life is about squeezing the joy out of every moment and building a powerhouse of memories, about learning when to hold on, and when to let go.

Deeply moving yet laugh-out-loud funny, We All Want Impossible Things is a jubilant celebration of life and friendship at its imperfect, radiant, and irreverent best.

To read more by CATHERINE NEWMAN, discover the NYT bestseller, SANDWICH, and her new novel WRECK: Beautiful, funny, wry, relatable and uplifting… I LOVE her workMarian Keyes
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Praise for We All Want Impossible Things:

A beautiful, candid and uplifting testament to female friendship that will make you laugh and cryWOMAN & HOME

A tender, funny, life-affirming joyMARIE CLAIRE, Best Books of 2023

Devastatingly funny ... handled with compassion and courageMAIL ON SUNDAY

A treatTHE SUNDAY TIMES

Remarkable ... whip-smart, funny, beautifully observedOBSERVER

Utterly life-affirming and joyfulRED

One of the best novels on friendship Ive ever read AJ PEARCE

An absolute masterpiece in characterisation... utterly beautiful. JOANNA CANNON

New York Times bestseller, July 2024

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