Wally Lamb introduces us to a young man whose tragic accident has unfathomable consequences. Corby Ledbetter’s addiction to ...

Baddest Man by Mark Kriegel. Mike Tyson was boxing’s youngest ever heavyweight champion, and this is the story of the first ...

How different accidental filicide feels in “The River Is Waiting,” when Corby kills his little boy at the opening of a novel that will grind on for more than 450 pages. For Lamb, the ambition ...

Oprah Winfrey chooses "The River is Waiting" by Wally Lamb as her June book club pick, a third for the author.

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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.

Fiction: “The River Is Waiting” is a conventional white-dude-goes-to-prison book with the expected plot points.

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Oprah Winfrey unveiled her latest book club selection, "The River Is Waiting," by Wally Lamb. It's the third time Winfrey has picked a book by Lamb.

The River Is Waiting Oprahs Book Club S&S/Marysue Rucci Books After 10 minutes go by—I’ve been watching the wall clock—Mrs. Millman invites everyone to take their seats for the unveiling.

Still, the opening of his latest book, “The River Is Waiting,” screams in a pitch that will etch itself into your nightmares. Corby Ledbetter, a stay-at-home father of 2-year-old twins, Maisie ...