An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones · 2018
Literary Fiction · ranked #226 in category
Winner · The Women's Prize for Fiction, 2019
Roy and Celestial are newly married when Roy is wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. The novel follows both of them — and Celestial's childhood friend Andre — through the twelve years of Roy's sentence and what happens when he is released. Jones's novel, an Oprah's Book Club selection and Women's Prize winner, is about love, loyalty and what the carceral system does to relationships.
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