Name: Wally Lamb
Start: 2026-05-22T18:30:00-04:00
Location: An Unlikely Story

Wally Lamb

An Unlikely Story

Join us for a very special evening with #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb!

We are excited to announce a very special evening with #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb to celebrate the paperback release of his instant bestselling novel, The River Is Waiting, an Oprah's Book Club pick!Oprah Daily calls Lamb's newest "incandescent" as it follows a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness. An “immersive novel of redemption” (The New Yorker), The River Is Waiting is another “soul-wrenching” (NPR) masterpiece from celebrated author Wally Lamb. You won't want to miss this event celebrating Lamb's newest release!Tickets for this event are bundled with the paperback edition of The River Is Waiting which Wally will sign at the event. Tickets for this event go on sale on Friday, April 3rd at 10am.We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please reach out to events@anunlikelystory.com.Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at An Unlikely Story up to 30 days following the event.About the book: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 the family apart. Sentenced to prison, Corby struggles to survive life on the inside, where he bears witness to frightful acts of brutality but also experiences small acts of kindness and elemental kinship with a prison librarian who sees his light and some of his fellow offenders, including a tender-hearted cellmate and a troubled teen desperate for a role model. Buoyed by them 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 his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?About the author: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.

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