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An American marriage : a novel / by Tayari Jones.
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy's time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward--with hope and pain--into the future
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616208776
- ISBN: 1616208775
- ISBN: 9781616201340
- ISBN: 1616201347
- ISBN: 9781432845360
- ISBN: 1432845365
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Oprah's book club : 2018 selection"--Dust jacket. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2018), Orwell Prize Nominee for Political Fiction for Longlist (2019), Audie Award Nominee for Audiobook of the Year (2019), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2018), Women's Prize for Fiction (2019), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2018), NAACP Image Award for Fiction (2019), Book of the Month Book of the Year Award Nominee (2018), Aspen Words Literary Prize (2019), Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature (2019), Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2020) |
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| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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