02157cam a2200421 i 4500 888552386 TxAuBib 20190319120000.0 171221s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017030582 9781616208684 paperback 1616208686 paperback (OCoLC)1019841796 TxAuBib rda Jones, Tayari, author. An American marriage / Tayari Jones. Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books, 2018. ©2018. 471 ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 20190319. Oprah Book Club 2018 selection. African Americans Marriage Fiction. African Americans Marriage. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Man-woman relationships. African American families Fiction. African American families. False imprisonment Fiction. False imprisonment. FICTION / Contemporary Women. Atlanta (Ga) Fiction. Georgia Atlanta. Domestic fiction.