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SUMMARY:FULL - Author Event and Book Signing: Wally Lamb
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: This event is FULL.\n\nBarrington Books\, in 
 partnership with the Barrington Public Library\, presents Wally Lamb\, the 
 #1 Bestselling Author of two Oprah Book Club Picks\, for a discussion and 
 book signing for the release of his new book\, The River is Waiting on 
 Monday\, June 23 at 6:30 pm.\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\nRegistration is required. 
 General admission for the presentation only is free. Presentation and book 
 signing tickets include a copy of the book and admission to the signing 
 line after the presentation. Books will be available for purchase after the 
 lecture.\n\n\nBook Description\n\nFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling 
 author of two Oprah Book Club Picks—She’s Come Undone and I Know This 
 Much Is True—Wally Lamb comes the propulsive story of a young father 
 who\, after an unbearable tragedy\, reckons with the possibility of 
 atonement for the unforgivable.\n\nCorby 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?\n\n\nWally Lamb is the author of six New York Times bestselling 
 novels: 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.\n\n
LOCATION:Salem Family Auditorium
ORGANIZER;CN="Siobhan Egan":MAILTO:segan@barringtonlibrary.org
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CONTACT;CN="Siobhan Egan":MAILTO:segan@barringtonlibrary.org
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