{"product_id":"american-marriage-oprahs-book-club","title":"American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e AND \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWASHINGTON POST\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e NOTABLE BOOK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNPR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e TIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  * \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBUSTLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  * \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eO, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  * \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE DALLAS MORNING NEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e  * AMAZON.COM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e OPRAH‚ÄôS BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY WORK‚ÄîFICTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‚ÄúA moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.‚Äù ‚ÄîBarack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúHaunting . . . Beautifully written.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúBrilliant and heartbreaking . . . Unforgettable.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúA tense and timely love story . . . Packed with brave questions about race and class.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúCompelling.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúDeeply moving . . . thought-provoking.\" ‚ÄîBill Gates\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‚ÄúEpic . . . Transcendent . . . Triumphant.‚Äù ‚Äî\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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‚Äôt 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‚Äôs time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy‚Äôs conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward‚Äîwith hope and pain‚Äîinto the future.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120265367837,"sku":"9781616208684","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781616208684.jpg?v=1751400679","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/american-marriage-oprahs-book-club","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}