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An American MarriageAn American Marriage

An American Marriage2018

Sean Crisden, Tayari Jones, Eisa Davis

3.9(310)on Hardcover

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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.

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First published
2018
OL Work ID
OL18020218W

Subjects

Man-woman relationshipsMarriageAfrican American familiesAfrican AmericansFalse imprisonmentFictionLarge type booksAfrican americans, fictionMarriage, fictionAtlanta (ga.), fictionFiction, family lifeMan-woman relationships, fictionnyt:hardcover-fiction=2018-02-25New York Times bestsellerNew York Times reviewedTriangles (Interpersonal relations)FICTIONAfrican American

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