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Oprah’s Book Club Announces Newest Selection: ‘An American Marriage’ By Tayari Jones

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Author Tayari Jones poses for a portrait at the Hearst Offices in New York, NY on Thursday, November 2, 2017

*Life is about to change for author Tayari Jones.

Not only has her book An American Marriage been chosen by OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and O, The Oprah Magazine as the newest selection of Oprah’s Book Club, but Winfrey’s Harpo Films is also attached to produce an adaptation.

The book centers on a recently married young African American couple living the dream of the New South in Atlanta, Georgia, and tackles themes of race, loyalty, resilience and love.

“Every author fantasizes about being chosen for Oprah’s Book Club, I know I did,” Jones said in a statement. “Through her selections, I discovered so many books that expanded my heart and challenged my mind. To be selected for this list is not just an honor, it’s a responsibility to join Ms. Winfrey in her work to connect readers to books, and to connect readers to each other. I can’t wait to heed this call.”

Watch Oprah gush over An American Marriage below:

A winner of numerous literary awards, Jones is the author of four novels, including Silver Sparrow, The Untelling, and Leaving Atlanta. The Brooklyn, NY resident holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. Additionally, she serves on the MFA faculty at Rutgers University in Newark and is the Bennett Fellow at the Black Mountain Institute at UNLV for the current academic year.

Oprah’s interview with Jones will be featured in the March issue of O, The Oprah Magazine (on newsstands February 13). Also, Oprah.com will feature the interview with Jones, a reading guide and select quotes from An American Marriage.

Read more details about the plot below:

Celestial and Roy, a recently married African American couple living the dream of the New South that Atlanta offers, seem to have it all. He is an ambitious executive on the rise, she is an artist on the verge of a promising career. But, their lives are turned upside down when Roy is arrested for a crime he did not commit and sentenced to twelve years in prison. While Roy is incarcerated, Celestial, blindsided and unmoored, takes comfort in the company of Andre, a childhood friend and Roy’s best man at their wedding. When Roy is released, the future prospects of the couple’s life together have been compromised, perhaps irreparably.

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