New Book by Wally Lamb: `The Hour I First Believed’
It is with infinite excitement that I announce the upcoming release of Wally Lamb’s third novel, The Hour I First Believed. In one month, on November 11, Lamb’s newest work will be available in hardback.
The Hour I First Believed take a new turn for Wally, heading into the realm of historical fiction as he details the life of Maureen, a school nurse at Columbine High, after the infamous incident that occurred there. From there, a story-within-a-story emerges as Maureen and her husband recount five generations of their family history through diaries, letter, and newspaper clippings.
His characters are never happy-go-lucky, and always have plenty of personal demons, but the psychological look into a person’s life that Lamb offers is insurmountable. He is easily one of my favorite writers and historical fiction is easily my favorite genre; I have been long anticipating this book.
Both of Lamb’s first two fiction novels - She’s Come Undone (1992) and I Know This Much is True (1998) - won multiple awards, became bestsellers, were selected for Oprah’s Book Club, and told a complete, thorough story. Oh yea, and they were each 500 pages long, with 900+ in I Know This Much is True!
The length of the stories that Lamb tells should be enough to explain the years-long gaps between publications, but on top of that he spends time teaching writing, too. From 1989 to 1998, he was the director of the Writing Center at the Norwich Free Academy in Connecticut. He continues to teach as an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Connecticut. In 2003 and 2007, he edited collections of short stories by female inmates called Couldn’t Keep It to Myself and I’ll Fly Away.
Once The Hour I First Believed releases, Lamb will set out promoting his new book with a tour throughout the U.S. Read more about author Wally Lamb, his previous publications, the up-coming novel, or book tour stops, head to Harper Collins Publishing’s Wally Lamb page.
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