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Jones makes mass incarceration intimate through love and family expectation.
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An American Marriage
Tayari Jones2019 selection · Literary fiction
An American Marriage
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are separated when Roy is wrongfully imprisoned. Their letters record a marriage changing as Celestial builds a life during his absence.
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You want a relationship novel shaped by systemic injustice.
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