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An American Marriage

Jones, T. (2018). An American marriage.Algonquin Books.

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South, with their whole lives ahead of them. But when Roy is wrongly arrested and sentenced to twelve years in prison, the future they had imagined is shattered in an instant. 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. The following questions are designed to enhance your discussion of the novel.