Winner of the 2019 Aspen Words Literary Prize 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. 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. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. 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. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, 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. Packed with brave questions about race and class.” - People
Beautifully written.” - The New York Times Book Review “A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.” -Barack Obama
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOKĪ 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR * TIME * BUSTLE * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS * AMAZON.COM
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