"So far my favorite scene involves the throwing of multiple glasses of Bordeaux at three Vera Wang wedding dresses. At least you know you won't be bored." - People
"We are water: 'fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.' That's evident in this emotionally involving new novel from the author of She's Come Undone....Clear and sweetly flowing; highly recommended." - Library Journal, starred review
"Through alternating perspectives this addicting novel reveals how secrets can define a person and wreak havoc on her loved ones." - Real Simple
"This family saga is hard to put down." - Entertainment Weekly
"Wally Lamb's latest, We Are Water, works the same magic as his 1992 Oprah-anointed breakthrough, She's Come Undone, capturing a snapshot of modern life (class struggle, racial violence) through the lens of a family faced with jarring news from its matriarchal figure." - Out Magazine
"It's a sign of a good novel when the reader slowly savors the final chapters, both eager to discover the ending and dreading saying goodbye to the characters. We Are Water is a book worth diving into." - USA Today, 4-star review
"Alternating voices of the wife, husband and their three children pain a vivid portrait of a marriage and reveal the shifting meaning of family." - Ms. Magazine
"A mesmerizing novel about a family in crisis that pulls together many characters and diverse themes and sets the bulk of its action against our collective modern angst and ambivalence." - Miami Herald
"Lamb excels at delivering unexpected blows to his characters, ratcheting up the suspense to the final page." - Publishers Weekly
"We all know that life is tangled and messy. Still, in reminding readers of this fact, Lamb turns in a satisfyingly grown-up story, elegantly written." - Kirkus Reviews
"In his singularly perceptive voice, Lamb immerses his characters and the novel's readers in powerful moments of hope and redemption and shocking descriptions of violence and abuse... fascinating." - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Wally Lamb delivers a powerful and engaging novel filled with complexities and intricacies of human nature and family dysfunction. . . this is a book not to be missed." - The Advocate

Publisher: Harper Large Print

Pub date: 2013-10-22

Length: 944 pages