An American marriage : a novel / by Tayari Jones.

First edition.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.

©2018

308 pages ; 24 cm.

BEIN JWJ Zan J7255 2018A: Dust jacket. Numberline on title page verso indicates first printing: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1."

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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.

Online version: Jones, Tayari. American marriage. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018

English

March 22, 2018

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