An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy embody the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, she is an artist on the cusp of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are torn apart by circumstances no one could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime Celestial knows he did not commit. Despite her fierce independence, Celestial finds herself bereft and dislocated, finding solace in Andre, her childhood friend and best man at their wedding. As Roy's prison term ends, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been the center of her life. Five years later, Roy's conviction is abruptly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta, ready to resume their life together. This moving love story offers a profound and profound look into the hearts and minds of three people simultaneously bound and torn apart by forces beyond their control. "American Marriage" is a masterpiece of storytelling, a deeply intimate look into the souls of people who must grapple with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—towards the future.