In Wally Lamb's new novel,Corby starts staying at home during the day with his twin toddlers -- one boy and one girl -- while his wife works as the family's sole breadwinner. Lying to his spouse that ...

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*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a ...

In Wally Lamb’s new novel, “The River Is Waiting,” Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting him on a dangerous path ...

Corby Ledbetter is in trouble. In Wally Lamb's new novel, ''The River Is Waiting,'' Corby has lost his job as a commercial artist and has developed a secret addiction to alcohol and pills, setting ...

At the end, Corby remains mostly a self-centered guy. He’s no hero and there’s no big epiphany. Like the protagonists in Lamb’s earlier novels, he is utterly human, failings and all.