The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club) - Hardcover

by Wally Lamb (Author)

The River Is Waiting (Oprah’s Book Club) - Hardcover by Wally Lamb is an emotionally powerful novel about loss, addiction, accountability, redemption, and the difficult path toward forgiveness.

Corby Ledbetter is a young father struggling with unemployment, a secret addiction, and growing tension in his marriage to Emily. After causing a devastating tragedy that tears his family apart, Corby is sentenced to prison and forced to confront the consequences of his actions.

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Book Highlights:

• Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb
• Hardcover edition
• Oprah’s Book Club Pick
• Instant New York Times bestseller
• USA Today bestseller
• Follows a young father facing prison after a devastating family tragedy
• Explores addiction, grief, accountability, mercy, and forgiveness
• Features themes of family, faith, human connection, and redemption
• Includes emotionally complex relationships and prison experiences
• Suitable for literary-fiction readers and book-club discussions
• Thoughtful gift when paired with a journal and pen or other stationery and gifts
• Number of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 1.4 × 9 × 6.3 inches
• Publication date: June 10, 2025

Author Biography

Wally Lamb is the author of seven New York Times bestselling novels: The River Is Waiting, I'll Take You There, We Are Water, Wishin' and Hopin', The Hour I First Believed, I Know This Much Is True, and She's Come Undone. Lamb also edited Couldn't Keep It to Myself and I'll Fly Away, two volumes of essays from students in his writing workshop at York Correctional Institution, a women's prison in Connecticut, where he was a volunteer facilitator for twenty years. Lamb lives in Connecticut with his wife, Christine, and they have three sons.