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Winfrey’s New Book Club Pick Marks the Return of an Old Favorite, Wally Lamb
- Oprah Winfrey announced on June 10, 2025, that she selected Wally Lamb's novel 'The River Is Waiting' for her book club, marking her third Lamb pick.
- This selection marks the third time Lamb’s work has been featured in Oprah’s Book Club, following his initial picks in 1997 and 1998, highlighting their enduring literary relationship.
- 'The River Is Waiting' centers on Corby Ledbetter, a father imprisoned for involuntary manslaughter linked to addiction, who confronts prison brutality and seeks forgiveness.
- Winfrey praised the novel as a powerful and moving exploration of overcoming profound sorrow through truth and ultimately embracing forgiveness.
- The selection spotlights systemic prison issues and personal reckoning, while Lamb joins a select group with three book club picks alongside Morrison, Robinson, and Faulkner.
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Oprah Winfrey selects new Wally Lamb novel for ‘Oprah's Book Club'
Oprah Winfrey has again chosen a book from best-selling Connecticut author Wally Lamb for Oprah’s Book Club. Winfrey selected Lamb’s newly published book, “The River is Waiting,” as her June book club pick and they sat down and discussed the book. “My 115th book club selection is a novel that stays with you in so many ways. It is a...
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Winfrey’s new book club pick marks the return of an old favorite, Wally Lamb
NEW YORK (AP) — For her next book club pick, Oprah Winfrey is highlighting an author she has praised even before she had a book club.
Oprah's Book Club Announces 115th Pick and It's An Author She's Picked Before–Twice
Ready for a summer with Oprah’s Book Club? The 115th selection for the long-running club is The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb. It’s the latest book by the author and the third time Lamb’s had his book highlighted by Oprah. “I know many of you might remember that Wally and I go way back because I picked his very first book in 1997 for my Book Club [She’s Come Undone], and then I chose his second book the next year [I Know This Much Is True],” Op…
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