NEW YORK (AP) — For her subsequent guide membership choose, Oprah Winfrey is highlighting an creator she has praised even earlier than she had a guide membership.
Winfrey introduced Tuesday that she has chosen Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” the story of a father torn by grief and guilt. It is the third time she’s chosen a Lamb guide and continues a bond predating 1996, when she launched her membership.
“I’ve had four phone conversations with Ms. Winfrey,” Lamb mentioned in an announcement, remembering how she referred to as to reward his debut novel, “She’s Come Undone” upon its launch, in 1992. 5 years later, she phoned with the information that “She’s Come Undone” was her newest guide membership choose. In 1998, Winfrey picked Lamb’s “I Know This Much Is True,” his second novel.
“I was as shocked as ever last month when I answered the phone and heard Ms. Winfrey’s voice again, twenty-seven years after the last time we had talked,” he mentioned. “She told me my latest novel, ‘The River Is Waiting,’ would be the 115th title in her beloved Book Club. I’m not sure why I’ve been on the receiving end of such grace and good fortune, but I try to live each day expressing my gratitude in the way I treat others.”
Winfrey’s dialog with Lamb could be heard on the newest episode of “Oprah’s Book Club: Presented by Starbucks,” a podcast accessible via Winfrey’s YouTube channel and different retailers.
“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, and then I chose his second book the next year,” Winfrey mentioned in an announcement. “And now with ‘The River Is Waiting’ – we’ve selected three novels by the same author and that should tell you ALL you need to know about what I think of this truly masterful and beloved writer.”
