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Review: Wally Lamb explores human cruelty and grace with `The River is Waiting'
Wally Lamb introduces us to a young man whose tragic accident has unfathomable consequences. Corby Ledbetter’s addiction to ...
Wally Lamb mines grief & guilt in ‘The River is Waiting’
The author taught writing workshops for incarcerated women over two decades, an experience that has helped him to draw a ...
Read an Excerpt from Wally Lamb’s New Novel ‘The River Is Waiting’
Known for his emotionally propulsive—and often heart-wrenching—stories, Wally Lamb has sold millions of books, including New ...
Book Review: Wally Lamb explores human cruelty and grace in prison with `The River is Waiting'
Wally Lamb introduces us to a young man whose tragic accident has unfathomable consequences. Corby Ledbetter’s addiction to ...
Oprah Winfrey reveals new book club pick, "The River Is Waiting"
Oprah Winfrey unveiled her latest book club selection, "The River Is Waiting," by Wally Lamb. It's the third time Winfrey has ...
Wally Lamb’s Guilty Pleasure Is a History of Mad Magazine
His go-to classic is by Joseph Campbell, and he admires “Brothers and Keepers” and “The New Jim Crow” on incarceration. “The ...
‘The River Is Waiting’ is every parent’s nightmare
After the trauma splayed out in “She’s Come Undone,” “I Know This Much Is True” and “The Hour I First Believed,” nobody ...
Oprah Winfrey names "The River Is Waiting" newest book club pick: Read a free excerpt
Oprah Winfrey revealed "The River Is Waiting" by Wally Lamb as her newest book club selection. It's is the third book by Lamb that Winfrey has picked.
Book club discussion guide for "The River Is Waiting"
Dive deeper into Oprah Winfrey's latest book club selection in June, with this "CBS Mornings" reading group discussion guide.
Oprah's new book club pick for June is here, and it's an author she's loved since the '90s
Oprah Winfrey chooses "The River is Waiting" by Wally Lamb as her June book club pick, a third for the author.