Wally Lamb is an American novelist known for emotionally expansive fiction about family, guilt, memory, trauma, and the difficult work of rebuilding a life after loss. His breakthrough novel, She’s Come Undone, established his gift for intimate voice and... wounded, resilient characters, while I Know This Much Is True deepened his reputation for large-scale stories about family burden, mental illness, identity, and compassion. Lamb’s later novels, including The Hour I First Believed, We Are Water, and The River Is Waiting, continue his interest in catastrophe, accountability, forgiveness, and moral repair. A longtime teacher and editor of prison-writing collections, Lamb writes with unusual sympathy for people living under shame, damage, and regret, making his books heavy, humane, and deeply character-driven.
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