The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)

Corby Ledbetter is a new father whose life unravels after the loss of his job and a growing secret addiction sends his marriage to Emily into a tailspin. He causes a tragedy that tears the family apart and is sentenced to prison, where he must survive the brutality of life on the inside. Inside, Corby encounters small acts of kindness and elemental kinship—a prison librarian who sees his light, a tender-hearted cellmate, and a troubled teen desperate for a role model—while his mother's enduring faith sustains him. Buoyed by those connections, Corby begins to transcend the boundaries of his confinement and to hope that mercy and reconciliation might still be possible. Can his crimes ever be forgiven by those he loves?