An American Marriage

Resumen del libro

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.

This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward with hope and pain into the future.

Biografía del autor

Tayari Jones (1970) es ganadora de los premios Hurston-Wright Legacy de Primera Novela 2003 y el Lillian Smith Book Award 2005. Se graduó por Spelman College y continuó sus estudios superiores en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona y la Universidad de Iowa. Ha sido profesora de Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Illinois y la Universidad de George Washington. Actualmente, imparte clases en el Máster de Escritura Creativa de la Universidad Rutgers-Newark, en Nueva Jersey, y escribe sobre literatura en su blog, http://www.tayarijones.com/blog. " Un matrimonio americano " es su cuarta novela.