"A masterpiece of storytelling."
A tale of love and loyalty, and the spiderweb of repercussions when hard-working, Roy, is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Though the topics covered are undoubtedly powerful, from racial injustice to the myriad of problems with the judicial system, Tayari Jones expertly shines a light on just what it means to be married, through both the joys and burdens that union brings about. The characters are so deeply drawn that the cull of their future left me shaken. And in Celestial, Roy’s wife, we witness a woman stripped raw and slowly rebuilt. I felt every page.
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