An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
In Tayari Jones’ novel An American Marriage, Celeste and Roy just started their promising life journey together, only to be torn apart – mentally and physically – due to a wrongful conviction. Their need to move forward after he is released encaptures the difficulty of reentering society and personal life after incarceration, and the emotional toil on all persons involved.
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton encourages the reader to follow a family through three generations in New Orleans as they endure racism starting prior to WWII and Jim Crow to present-day.
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