
An American Marriage
Tayari Jones (2018)
“A wrongful conviction shatters a Black marriage, exposing how the American justice system destroys not just individuals but the intimate architecture of love itself.”
EraContemporary Literary Fiction
Pages308
Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging
AP Appearances2
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