Overview
Region
Diaspora
USA
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Roy is wrongfully imprisoned shortly after his marriage to Celestial. The years of separation change both of them. A love story about mass incarceration, Black ambition, and what prison does to a people.
Literary Significance
Oprah's Book Club; Women's Prize for Fiction; one of the defining American novels about race and incarceration