An American Marriage
* One of the New York Times' '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' *
'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' Barack Obama
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. Until one day 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.
Devastated and unmoored, Celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in Andre, their closest friend. When Roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together.
A masterpiece of storytelling, An American Marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their control.
A Book of the Year according the i, Guardian, Sunday Times, Sunday Mail
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION, 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
310 pages, 19 editions
English edition · First published 2018 by Oneworld · ISBN 9781786075192
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Editions
19 editions
English
- An American Marriage · Oneworld · 2019 · ISBN 9781786075192 · 1 reader This page
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9781665142083
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9781665142090
- An American Marriage · W F Howes Ltd · 2020 · ISBN 9781528893084
- An American Marriage · Clipper Large Print Books · 2020 · ISBN 9781528893121
- An American Marriage · Penguin Canada · 2019 · ISBN 9781760894313
- An American Marriage · Large Print Press · 2019 · ISBN 9781432861308
- An American Marriage · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 2018 · ISBN 9781720301059
- An American Marriage · Penguin Random House Australia · 2018 · ISBN 9780143789611
- An American Marriage · Oneworld · 2018 · ISBN 9781786075161
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 2018 · ISBN 9781616208684
- An American Marriage · One World · 2018 · ISBN 9781786075185
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 2018 · ISBN 9781616201340
- An American Marriage: A Novel · HighBridge Audio · 2018 · ISBN 9781681688336
- An American Marriage · Oneworld · 2018 · ISBN 9781786075178
- An American Marriage · Algonquin Books · 2018 · ISBN 9781616208776
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 2018 · ISBN 9781432845360
- An American Marriage · Random House Australia · 2018 · ISBN 9780143789604
- An American Marriage: A Novel · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 2018 · ISBN 9781616207601
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