TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Tayari TI - An American marriage: a novel T2 - Oprah's Book Club SN - 9781616208776 AV - FIC JONE PY - 2018/// CY - Chapel Hill, North Carolina PB - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill KW - African Americans KW - Marriage KW - Fiction KW - Man-woman relationships KW - African American families KW - False imprisonment KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - FICTION KW - African American KW - bisacsh KW - Literary KW - Women KW - fast KW - Man-woman relationship KW - sears KW - Married people KW - Atlanta (Ga.) KW - Georgia KW - Atlanta KW - Domestic fiction KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - "Oprah's book club : 2018 selection"--Jacket N2 - 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 ER -