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Tayari Jones: An American Marriage (2018, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hi) 4 stars

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New …

Review of 'An American Marriage' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This book is so raw, intimate, powerful. You feel like you're in the heads of the characters, feeling everything they feel, every messy, ugly, honest emotion.

The climax meanders a bit, and there's a deus ex machina character in there. These minor quibbles aside, the book is very good. Especially the letters between Roy and Celeste - so darn powerful.