On Thursday I picked up Wally Lamb's newest book, intending to read just a few pages before I started cleaning. I knew within just a few minutes that my day was not going to be productive; I needed to read the entire book that day.
It's been such a long time since I've read anything by Wally Lamb that I can't recall writing style or details, but I can recall reading I Know This Much Is True adn also being unable to put it down.
Corby and his wife Emily are a young couple raising their toddler twins. When Corby loses his job, he stays home with the twins while his wife, Emily, goes to work each day. Corby is a great dad, but he also begins drinking and overdosing on his prescription medication as he struggles with the anxiety of being out of work.
When a tragedy occurs - one that is Corby's fault- their family is forever changed. Corby wants forgiveness from Emily, but he isn't able to forgive himself. While he spends time in prison, life on the outside goes on, and Corby works hard to find happiness where he can and hopes to be with his wife and daughter when he is released.
I loved every single page of this book, and found the ending to be particulary heartbreaking. This one won't feel like it's nearly five hundred pages because it moves fast.
I didn't always like Corby's decisions, but his dialogue with Emily as they talk on the phone shows his insecurities and needs that are right at the surface- too hard for him to hold in, and as a reader you could feel the pain he was in.
I've been telling my friends that this is one I need them to read. Put it on hold at your library, download it to your kindle, buy a copy. This is a fantastic five star read.
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