Diaspora
USA
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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.
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Oprah's Book Club; Women's Prize for Fiction; one of the defining American novels about race and incarceration
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editorial-summarynot primary textRoy 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. Oprah's Book Club; Women's Prize for Fiction; one of the defining American novels about race and incarceration
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