Best-selling author Wally Lamb spent nine years working on his newest book, "The River Is Waiting." In this time, he wrestled with self-doubt, navigated his own sobriety journey and worked for years ...

Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him ...

At the end of 2022, an estimated 5,407,300 persons were under the supervision of adult correctional systems in the United States (Buehler et al., 2024). From federal, state, local, and tribal ...

The worst possible thing has happened to Corby Ledbetter, and he has only himself to blame. No spoilers but the tragedy is such, in Wally Lamb‘s “The River Is Waiting,” that Corby will forever be ...

Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him ...

"The River is Waiting" is Lamb's first novel in 9 years, and the subject of a June 25 discussion with WAMC's Joe Donahue Wally Lamb’s “The River is Waiting” was chosen as Oprah’s Book Club’s latest ...