![]() ![]() In a pivotal holiday scene, Celestial and her family sit down to dinner punctuated with blackberry jam cake. Their marriage becomes a victim of circumstance. As Roy becomes more devoted to his wife, Celestial finds herself growing apart from a husband she has trouble connecting to. A good portion of the story is told via their back-and-forth correspondence while Roy is incarcerated, during which it’s a tale of two marriages. The novel is character-driven with multiple points of view, mostly Roy and Celestial. As their lives together are just beginning, Roy is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit and their lives and marriage are never the same. They are also black in America, which ultimately has a greater effect on their lives than anything else about them. She is a promising artist, and he’s an ambitious executive. Jones is brutally honest in a narrative about a broken America.Ĭelestial and Roy are a young married couple with their whole lives ahead of them. ![]() ![]() I finally picked it up as part of my two reading challenges, and while it wasn’t “unputdownable,” it was captivating all the same. I bought it before reading it - something I don’t typically do - but all of the buzz about it made it feel like a sure bet. ![]() An American Marriage, the poignant novel by Tayari Jones, received a boost of popularity when Oprah selected it as her book club pick earlier this year. ![]()
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