02139cam a2200373 i 4500 623653690 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 171221s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017060767 9781432845360 hardcover; large print 1432845365 hardcover; large print DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda OCLCO rda DLC KYC OCLCF FLWMD IUK BKL P@N TxAuBib OCLCO KYC OCLCF FLWMD IUK BKL P@N TxAuBib rda Jones, Tayari, author. An American Marriage / By Tayari Jones. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. 471 (large print) ; 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. 20211104. African Americans Marriage Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. African American families Fiction. False imprisonment Fiction. Contemporary Women Fiction. Atlanta (Ga) Fiction. Large type book. Domestic fiction. Fiction. TXKPL