Wishin' and Hopin'

Name: Wishin' and Hopin'
Author: Wally Lamb

by Wally Lamb

Novel spanning decades exploring family bonds and personal struggles

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About the author

Wally Lamb

American novelist whose She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True were Oprah's Book Club selections. His emotionally powerful fiction of working-class Connecticut life reaches a vast popular audience. He is one of America's most commercially successful serious novelists.

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