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The river is waiting : a novel / Wally Lamb.

Lamb, Wally, (author.).

Summary:

Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin--and that's before he causes the tragedy that tears apart his family. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he witnesses frightful acts of brutality. But he also experiences small acts of kindness and kinship. Buoyed by those and by his mother's enduring faith in him, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement, sustained by his hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can those he loves ever forgive his crimes?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668006399
  • ISBN: 1668006391
  • ISBN: 9781668006405
  • ISBN: 1668006405
  • Physical Description: 466 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Marysue Rucci Books hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Marysue Rucci Books, 2025.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Oprah's Book Club 2025"--Cover.
Subject: Fathers > Fiction.
Children > Death > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Reconciliation > Fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Fiction.
Prisoners > Fiction.
Drug addicts > Fiction.
Forgiveness > Fiction.
Criminals > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Prison fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 121 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 186 current holds with 121 total copies.
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Madison Main Library FIC LAM (Text) 30229101392107 Adult New Fiction Available -