OprahĪ whirlpool of race, resilience, and rich writing Vanity Fair This novel redefines the traditional American love story. both sweeping and intimate - at once an unsparing exploration of what it means to be black in America and a remarkably lifelike portrait of a marriage. Sydney Morning HeraldĪmong the first great literary works to arise from the Black Lives Matter movement.

Tackling the big issues – prejudice, injustice, loyalty, love, loss – this is a haunting and compelling book. – Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children Read moreĪ raw, realistic character study of two newlyweds dealing with a total fate shitpie, and the emotional damage it wreaks on their life, and of course, love. ‘A heartbreaking and genuinely suspenseful love story in which nobody's wrong and everybody's wounded.’ – Edwidge Danticat, author of Breath, Eyes, Memory ‘A stunning, epic love story filled with breathtaking twists and turns, while bursting with realized and unrealized dreams.’ – Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay ‘Tayari Jones is blessed with vision to see through to the surprising and devastating truths at the heart of ordinary lives, strength to wrest those truths free, and a gift of language to lay it all out, compelling and clear.’ After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.Īn American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward – with hope and pain – into the future. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit.

They are settling into the routine of their life together, when they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. He is a young executive and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Newlyweds, Celestial and Roy, are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South.

Triumphant' ElleĪn explosive love story about a marriage interrupted.Ĭould you put your life on hold for twelve years? A stunning love story about family, injustice and marriage, and three people at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control.

Beautifully written' The New York Times Book Review THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION WINNER OF THE 2019 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION.

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