An American Marriage
By Tayari Jones
Categories: Literature & Fiction
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy seem to embody the American Dream and the New South: he is a young executive, and she is an artist on the verge of an exciting career. Then Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Tayari Jones's novel is a moving, intimate story about love, loyalty, and the forces of race and class that can bind people together and pull them apart.