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There have been long stretches of time sometimes many years between the publication of his books.
She chose Wally Lamb’s debut novel for her book club in December 1996.
He described toPublishers Weeklythe phone call he received: “This is Oprah Winfrey calling.
You owe me two nights sleep because I couldn’t put your book down.”
Cliches notwithstanding, readers loved the book.
More than 3 million copies flew off store shelves (perThe New York Times).
“I couldn’t believe that lightning had struck twice,” he toldPublishers Weekly.
The book hitThe New York Times best-seller listand landed at No.
11 on thePublishers Weekly list of best-sellersfor 1998.
(Keep an eye out for Lamb’s cameo as a janitor.)
I could never figure out why," he told theCT Examiner.
“I began to think about what I could do to give back.”
His way of giving back was to start teaching a writing workshop at a women’s prison in Connecticut.
