The Resource An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones
An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones
Resource Information
The item An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City Libraries, City of Gold Coast.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- 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 didnÂt commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As RoyÂs time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, RoyÂs conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 471 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9781432845360
- Label
- An American marriage : [a novel]
- Title
- An American marriage
- Title remainder
- [a novel]
- Statement of responsibility
- Tayari Jones
- Subject
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- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- False imprisonment -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Large print books
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Marriage -- Fiction
- Newlyweds -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Tragedy -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- African American families -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Marriage -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 didnÂt commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As RoyÂs time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, RoyÂs conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jones, Tayari
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Newlyweds
- Marriage
- African Americans
- Man-woman relationships
- African American families
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- False imprisonment
- Tragedy
- Large print books
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Label
- An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 471 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432845360
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
- Label
- An American marriage : [a novel], Tayari Jones
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 471 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432845360
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- large print
Subject
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- False imprisonment -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Large print books
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Marriage -- Fiction
- Newlyweds -- Fiction
- Romance fiction
- Tragedy -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
- African American families -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Marriage -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueWomen's Prize for Fiction
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2019
- trueAfrican American Fiction
- trueBCALA Literary Award: Fiction Category
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2018 Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2018
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2018
- trueRecommended by Danielle Borasky
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