#1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick, a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness.
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…
It was refreshing to experience how Bailey was so true to the land she lived on and the area she lived in. The connections and openness was so refreshing. This is one I'll read again and again.
In South Carolina, a woman discovers her aunt's profound secrets in an emotional novel spanning decades about trauma, survival, and the bonds of female friendship by a USA Today bestselling author.
Since Bailey Rae Rigby's adoptive aunt Winnie passed, Bent Oak, South Carolina, doesn't have much of a hold on her anymore. So it seems.
Bailey Rae aims to settle the small estate and, armed with her aunt's inspiring personal cookbook, buy a food truck with an ocean view in Myrtle Beach. Everything goes awry when a distraught young mother arrives in town clutching a copy of that same cookbook.…
Life is hard for Ruby, growing up in poverty on the wrong side of the mountain on her grandfather's rural farm in eastern Tennessee, where the sun didn’t shine. In her search for an easier life and belonging, Ruby accepts the local schoolteacher’s job offer to work at the school, enabling her to escape from her childhood troubles. She makes a life with the schoolteacher, but her heart seeks something more.
Leon, a former farmhand on her grandfather’s farm, darts in and out of Ruby’s life on his way toward a life of crime in the hilly woods of their homeland. He entices Ruby to join him, offering all that would make her life whole.
Ruby makes a series of poor decisions, causing her life to tumble into an unexpected outcome, separating her from everything of her past.
This debut novel takes place in the early 1900s, where the setting and mountain community become other characters in the story. Based on a real-life tale of the author’s grandmother, the reader gets immersed in Ruby’s choices as she searches for worthiness and belonging. Was the pursuit worth the risk of losing her family? After suffering hardship and loss, will Ruby find the courage, resilience, and honest relationships to allow herself to be loved?
