#thelitbit // An American Marriage

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

When simply being a Black man in America can change the trajectory of everything. This is a story of a wrongful incarceration, an irreversible chain of events, and how all those affected decide to move forward.

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Noteworthy excerpts:

"But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch."

"Someone always pays. Bullets don't have nobody's name on it, that's what people say. I think the same is true for vengeance. Maybe even for love. It's out there, random and deadly, like a tornado."

“Up until now, I thought I knew what was and wasn't possible. Maybe that's what innocence is, having no way to predict the pain of the future.”

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