The River Is Waiting
河流在等待
內容介紹
#贖罪 #失業 #低潮 #家庭關係 #和解
「《河流在等待》是一部雄心且令人動容的小說，它不畏直視人類的苦難，細緻描繪我們對他人和自身造成的痛楚。沃利·蘭姆（Wally Lamb）以毫不妥協的視角和對角色無矯情卻深切的憐憫，在最黑暗的角落中找尋希望、療癒與人性的善良微光。」——湯姆·佩羅塔（Tom Perrotta），《The Leftovers》和《Little Children》暢銷作家
If we go down, then we go down together
「我爬進我們的CRV，啟動引擎，將車子倒退。當我感覺到右後輪有些微的阻力時，我猜應該是我堆放的木頭掉下來了；那就是阻礙的原因。
他們在那邊到底在喊什麼？我前進了幾尺，再倒回去，輕輕踩下油門，讓車子順利越過那個障礙。
在後視鏡中，我看到他們跑向我們，揮著手臂。
他媽的，怎麼回事？她為什麼在尖叫？
然後我知道了。」
兩度獲選歐普拉讀書俱樂部推薦書籍《She's Come Undone》和《I Know This Much Is True》的#1《紐約時報》暢銷作家，帶來令人深省的故事：一位年輕父親在無法承受的悲劇後，試圖探尋贖罪與原諒的可能性。
科比·萊德貝特（Corby Ledbetter）的人生陷入混亂。初為人父的壓力、失去工作的挫敗，以及日益加深的秘密成癮，讓他與摯愛的妻子艾蜜莉（Emily）之間的婚姻搖搖欲墜。而這一切，還只是導致家庭分崩離析的悲劇開始。
因自己的過失被判入獄，科比在牢獄生活中艱難求存。他目睹了殘暴不仁的行為，也見證了微小卻深刻的善意：一位看見他內心光芒的獄中圖書館員、一位溫柔善良的室友，以及一名渴望榜樣的迷途少年。正是這些關懷，與母親對他的信念，讓科比在困境中逐漸超越內心的牢籠，懷抱著寬恕與和解仍有可能的希望。
然而，他的愛人們是否能原諒他的罪過？
《河流在等待》是一部直視人性陰暗面卻依然擁抱希望的深刻小說。沃利·蘭姆用無比真摯的筆觸，描繪了從破碎到重建的心靈旅程，帶領讀者探討寬恕的本質與愛的力量。
作者介紹
沃利．蘭姆 (Wally Lamb）是六部紐約時報暢銷小說的作者，分別是《I'll Take You There》、《We Are Water》、《Wishin' and Hopin'》、《The Hour I First Believed》、《I Know This Much Is True》和《She's Come Undone》。Lamb 也編輯了《Couldn't Keep It to Myself》和《I'll Fly Away》兩本書，這是來自他在康奈爾州 York Correctional Institution（康奈爾州的女子監獄）寫作工作坊的學生們的散文集，他在那裡擔任了二十年的志工主持人。他與妻子住在康奈爾州，他們有三個兒子。
書評
"A heartwrenching, moving tale about the power of forgiveness, resilience and growth." --Woman's World, "12 Most Anticipated Books of 2025"
"I was awestruck by this brilliant novel! I know that "authenticity" isn't the sexiest takeaway, but on my honor, page after riveting page, I asked myself, "How did he know this? How is this so moving, so real, so close to the bone?" Bravo, Wally Lamb. Not that you needed another masterpiece to demonstrate your unerring eye, ear, and signature heart, but may I say The River is Waiting might crown them all." --Elinor Lipman, author of Every Tom, Dick & Harry and Ms. Demeanor
"As usual, Wally Lamb gripped me with his perceptive, page-turning novel, The River Is Waiting, a story that illuminates how the traumas of mass incarceration and addiction stigma spare no one. Lamb delivers what's most needed in these turbulent times--an absolute empathy bomb." --Beth Macy, author of Dopesick and Raising Lazarus
"Time and time again, the amazing Wally Lamb's imperfect people break our hearts and help us understand the unfathomable depths of guilt and grief as we look for light in the world." --Alice Hoffman, New York Times bestselling author of The Practical Magic series
"The River is Waiting is an ambitious, affecting novel that's not afraid to look directly at human suffering, and to map out the pain we inflict on others, and on ourselves. With an unflinching eye and an unsentimental compassion for his characters, Wally Lamb finds glimmers of hope and healing and decency in the darkest places." --Tom Perrotta, New York Times bestselling author of The Leftovers and Little Children
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